Word: maverickly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...more than a decade: he designated a Vice President, a post he had abolished after he declared martial law, evidently for fear that any understudy might someday try to hasten his departure. To the surprise of many, he picked as his running mate Arturo ("Turing") Tolentino, 75, a party maverick who was sacked as Foreign Minister nine months ago for espousing views "incompatible" with the President...
...maverick of sorts, or a "mail order guru" (his own description), Crisp follows a prepared text during the first half of the show, reserving the second half to answer questions from the audience. It is here that the range of his expertise is tested with questions about timely concerns...
...match is a natural. Unlike Turner, a maverick outsider from Atlanta, Tisch is a pillar of the New York establishment. He is chairman of the New ! York University board of trustees, a leading supporter of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a force behind the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. His network ties include a longtime tennis partnership with Leonard Goldenson, the chairman...
...thrown out of both the American Psychological Association and eschewed from the group of professional sociologists for falsifying evidence in his research. Even a cursory reading of Wednesday's Crimson [Sept. 25] review of the event reveals Cameron to be a crackpot in a major way; he is a maverick without support from any legitimate public health professional...
...seems, is destined to remain exactly what administrators pictured it to become seven years ago when Harvard gave birth to the Core: a haven for those maverick courses that should be taught, that people like, but that just didn't seem to fit in anywhere else...