The main lesson for those of us who are supposed to traffic in facts — journalists, academics, policy makers — is not to be too dismissive of those who hold beliefs that seem preposterous.
And even if some Japanese carmakers do qualify for loans, they are not expected to ask for them.In this section Qualms with music Buffett to the rescue The Japanese are coming (again) A bail-out that passed A more liquid market The specialty generalist ReprintsSo a sum that seemed preposterous only a few months ago has won overwhelming approval from politicians.
That seemed preposterous when I first read it; but in the wake of the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, when all of Wall Street could be headed for a bailout, one wonders.
I will say that it seems preposterous and wrong that the main character of the movie is not well represented in what is clearly a huge piece of the Star Wars world in terms of merchandising".
On the face of it, that proposition seems preposterous.
Critics hated the new kind of Hammer product with a passion that now seems preposterous.
There's something fantastic and, to me, funny in this catalog of items, in the same way that it seems preposterous to ask a six-year-old child to confess her sins.
That just seems preposterous, even allowing for the heightened realities in which "Fringe" functions.
All of this gave the stores — and the clothes they sold, emblazoned with the Abercrombie name — an air of exclusivity that, in retrospect, seems preposterous for a company best known for selling rumpled flannels and T-shirts.
All of this gave the stores and the clothes they sold, emblazoned with the Abercrombie name an air of exclusivity that, in retrospect, seems preposterous for a company best known for selling rumpled flannels and T-shirts.
