Word: unorthodox
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...victory was all the more remarkable because of Boren's unorthodox campaign tactics. He made little effort to court the bloc votes of teachers, ranchers and labor that are traditionally a determining factor in Oklahoma elections, and spurned all contributions from groups and organizations. Said he: "I just want to be indebted to the individual voters." Boren's reformist rhetoric clearly appealed to Oklahoma voters, weary of scandal not only in Washington but also in Oklahoma City, where incumbent Governor David Hall (who was eliminated in the primary) faces probable indictment by a federal grand jury investigating kickbacks...
...First National City Bank of New York pioneered an innovation which has since become as popular as it once was unorthodox: in denominations as low as $500, the bank offered its customers fixed-term certificates of deposit that paid a higher interest rate than is permitted on savings accounts. Now its managers have introduced an even more radical idea for the inflation-harried small investor: notes that would pay a variable interest rate, generally tending to rise with the cost of living. Their plans have kicked up a controversy that prevented the scheduled sale of the notes last week...
...present there are a number of mechanisms by which older people with unorthodox academic preparation can study here. Through the Special Students program, a limited number of people, most of whom already have a bachelor's degree, are admitted. Such students are accepted because of some extraordinary type of preparation, or of some circumstances in their personal life. For instance, a former Air Force pilot who was held prisoner in a North Vietnameses POW camp in Hanoi was granted permission to study sociology in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. But the Special Students program is small...
...offensively. With one out, Dan Williams singled and Ed Durso fanned. LaCivita then hit a hard shot down and left-field line which was caught by the left-handed outfielder who had come in as a defensive substitute. Playing a southpaw in left field is highly unorthodox because of difficulties a lefty can have in throwing...
...suppose the choice was a little unorthodox. After all, some of the others were much better known. All those we considered are fine architects. But Pei! He loves things to be beautiful.... We felt that Pei's best work, as John Kennedy's was in 1960, is yet to come." Ieoh Ming Pei was a modest, low-key 48-year-old architect when Jacqueline Kennedy gave that short speech in December of 1964. A Chinese-born American architect, schooled at MIT and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Pei had been the surprise winner in the world-wide architectural talent...