Word: unorthodox
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...even a minor slip of the tongue could have detracted from the playwright’s original intent. However, the actors rarely stumbled, excepting minor lapses in memory, and displayed a remarkable poise on stage through the mastery of the challenging script. Despite the show’s unorthodox approach to language as a means of engaging with the audience, the stage setup is remarkably straightforward. Designed by Courtney E. Thompson ’09, the scenery consists of a whitewashed façade of a two-story home enclosed by a white-picket fence—the quintessential definition...
...Another lesson: don't be afraid to experiment. Unorthodox measures can pay off. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was slammed by most orthodox economists for pegging his currency and slapping on capital controls when the crisis hit to defend the ringgit. While Mahathir's anti-Semitic diatribes against hedge funds and currency traders were off the mark, his radical action bought Malaysia time and almost certainly saved it from the worst ravages of the crisis...
...question. On paper, coming in, they’ve got a pretty big advantage in that area…We’re going to have to do a great job, number one, fielding, because they’re a rubgy punt team, and it’s very unorthodox, so we’ll probably have to put two returners out there because you never know where the ball is going.” Berry, one of the returners used on special teams this season, agreed. “That’s something that we?...
...Promotional tactics aside, some said they thought putting a temporary anti-psychiatry exhibition in the heart of an Ivy Legaue campus was a little unorthodox...
...stay ahead of the apathetic curve, upperclass UC candidates have attracted the voting populous not with their fresh new ideas but with attention-grabbing campaign methods. However, several have been adamant that their campaigns, while perhaps unorthodox, have true substance at their foundation...