Word: unorthodox
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...campy, knowing take on the themes that made 'The Secret History' and 'Prep' such massive bestsellers, a wry send up of most of the Western canon and, most importantly, a sincere and uniquely twisted look at love, coming of age and identity." Pessl's novel is an unorthodox murder mystery, told in the voice of its erudite heroine...
...suggests—that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely “accepted;” we aren’t here to accept or reject—we’re here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course—and we all like to be called “assistants,” not “graders?...
...should be neater, of course," says Joy Imobighe, a hotel accountant in Port Harcourt, when asked her whether she supports the Bank's campaign. "The neatness to a certain extent determines the value." And as the unorthodox marketing campaign makes clear, Nigeria's authorities would prefer that the Naira be worth a whole lot more...
...economic protectionism is not the answer. As more and more items say “made in China” on them, the shrill voices of protectionists have grown ever louder. Upset that jobs are ostensibly being lost to China’s abundant supply of cheap labor and unorthodox currency policies, politicians, lobbyists, businesses, and others are trying to find ways to “level the playing field.” Among the efforts are those which attempt to exact revenge via economic weapons—most recently, for instance, Senators Lindsey O. Graham and Charles E. Schumer...
...Johnson ’07) consisted of a blend of red, yellow, and blue lighting which resulted in an intensely dim, albeit appropriate, setting. Cabot’s “West Side Story” is an ambitious attempt to reproduce this play, especially in such an unorthodox venue. As a student performance, Cabot House Musical Theatre ensemble should be applauded for adapting the classic for new audiences and exhibiting the talent of students who do not usually participate in Harvard’s theater community...