Word: odd
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Even from his grammar school days, academics never challenged Reed. Exploiting the elective system's flexibility and confining his studies (when he found time for them) to literature, composition and ancient history, he avoided all natural sciences and social sciences--a seemingly odd twist for someone who, only a few years later, would find no other cause but politics worth the effort. This seeming apathy prompted his apparent decision not to join in Harvard's Socialist Club, a serious organization created for the discussion of both the theory and practice that would put control of popular institutions under the control...
...Odd design cuts the cost of high-speed flying
This unlikely quintet may not exactly fulfill the ART audience's collective expectations. They sing the original Italian libretto, for instance, and tend to roll about the floor in odd formation--but their capacity to charm and delight is endless. All five are top-flight performers: well-suited vocally for Handel's soft, delicate arias, and passionate and convincing as actors. Sanford Sylvan reveres every syllable he sings as Orlando, and his gentle descent into madness (represented as the planet Mars in this production) is mesmerizing. Janet Brown's rendition of the queen/deb Angelica's melancholy reflection on false hopes...
...odd thing is that either the Lebanese are the most durable people in the world, or they have achieved a nirvana of terror that allows them an unearthly jauntiness. The sight of a new bank in Beirut is as common as a bashed-in Mercedes. You cannot tell if a hole in the ground is the work of a bomb or a construction team. The distinguishing sound of Beirut is the car horn-not the Beethoven or Roadrunner horn, but the I-am-going-to-kill-you horn. The most popular Beirut outfits are fatigues and berets, signifying the forces...
...Ikitsuki, where the ways of farmers and fishermen die hard, two old men squat before a home altar and chant prayers carefully entrusted to them by their ancestors. The ritual is intense and moving. But something is askew. The rite is partly Buddhist, partly Christian. The language sounds odd, a sort of pidgin Latin. And what do the ancient prayers mean? One of the worshipers admits, "I don't understand a word of this...