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...charges. Critics claim that Sarit siphoned $12 million out of the earnings of the national lottery and channeled it into pseudonymous bank accounts. No one denies that the money disappeared, but there is no evidence so far that Sarit used the bulk of the funds for himself. His "unorthodox way of handling finances," say his defenders, was caused by the fact that the slow National Assembly often delayed budgetary requests; as a result Sarit used the secreted funds for pet economic projects, intelligence operations, and various political moves he wanted accomplished in a hurry...
Only ingenious ineptitude could spoil a part in an unorthodox piece like In the Jungle of Cities. Careful interpretation counts for little when the dramatist delights in scorning conventional standards of behavior. There is no ideal way to deliver an ironic line like, "My mouth is not full of fancy talk--only teeth." Still, the Theatre Company of Boston deserves applause for carefully avoding all "fancy talk." They play In the Jungle of Cities as literal Brecht, vintage of 1924, complete with staccato speeches and as consistent tragi-comic flippancy that fits the dialogue perfectly. Among a dozen fine performances...
Kirsch's fencing style is often unorthodox, although effective. He tends to "fight" when he fences, frequently neglecting classical manuevers for a fierce, direct attack...
Flexible & Unorthodox. Many of these ideas stem from Prebisch, whose critics call him a statist-although he refuses to be typed. "Save the world from economists," he says. "Experts cannot run the world." But Prebisch has spent 30 years trying to change a good part of the world through his flexibly unorthodox theories. In his early days, Prebisch fastened on to the conservative doctrines of the classical economists...
Consciously Unorthodox. The idea of parking lots would have shocked earlier directors of the 125-year-old bank, which has been headed by the Hambro family since it was founded six generations ago by a Danish immigrant. But parking lots are exactly the kind of enterprise sought by forward-looking Executive Chairman J. H. ("Jack") Hambro, 59, who believes that the times have passed when merchant bankers could concentrate on regal requirements. He has turned Hambros to bigger profits from a multitude of smaller ventures. "We are consciously unorthodox," says he. "Anything that concerns money we attempt to cater...