Once, it was preposterous to think that a woman could become the editor of the Times.
But, he added, it was "preposterous" to think Ms. Goller would have proposed hiring him.
"Today, we've got everything we need in our hands, and it's preposterous to think that new sanctions and new threats will change anything".
George Felos, the lawyer for Michael Schiavo, said it was preposterous to think that any judge or court would issue an order requiring the governor to intervene.
You could think of a thousand programs that might serve a small group, but it's preposterous to think that's serving the public good, and economically it's just not sustainable".
Now though, in the early 1740s, while Voltaire was in his imperious sulk, she tried to insist that she would be fine without him; indeed - a bit like Bridget Jones, but with a massive IQ - she wrote that it was preposterous to think that an intelligent woman needed a man to be happy.
A more senior White House official said, "It is preposterous to think that the president would stand up and say, 'I want to put more people on the tax rolls.' " Yet, as soon as the president's plan is unveiled, Washington will be deluged with statistical tables, showing that the big winners would be the richest people in the country.
Twenty years ago it would have been preposterous to think that Germany could reunite, or that the Soviet Union could dismantle itself.
It is preposterous to think the United States could interfere or reshape things.
Right here, despite all the evidence, John McCain says it's preposterous to think that "moderate" Syrian rebels would shift alliances.
