Word: unorthodox
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...Once he made it official, Edwards' campaign pitch got even more unorthodox. He started his short speech by saying Americans needed to "take action" in a way that almost seemed to minimize the importance of whoever might be President - now or in 2009. "We want people in this campaign to actually take action now," Edwards said, "not later, not after the election. We don't want to hope that whoever's elected the next leader of the United States of America is going to solve all our problems for us. Because that will not happen." He encouraged people to volunteer...
...then be competing against a politician with many of the same attributes - charisma, good looks, an idealistic message - and who is an even fresher face on the political scene. Of course, Edwards ran and lost as as the fresh face in 2004. Now he's hoping his experience and unorthodox style will be what helps him finish...
...them to believe they were a “fighting race” of Catholics who “hated the English, but [were] always betrayed by some son of a bitch.” His teaching of high school students in New York, by contrast, was more unorthodox, he said, describing that they spent class periods crafting excuse notes for creative writing assignments, assigning themselves grades, or studying the “deeper meanings” of Little Bo Beep and Humpty Dumpty. They also invented obituaries for their teachers?...
...Moderate Democrats have celebrated the midterms as a victory for their brand of fiscal conservatism, foreign policy "realism" and a version of "traditional values." Certainly, Washington will see an influx of unorthodox Democrats: congressmen-elect Heath Shuler in North Carolina and Brad Ellsworth in Indiana are pro-life and pro-gun. But liberals won in some relatively conservative areas as well, and often after being largely ignored by national Democratic strategists. In the House, they include Kentucky's John Yarmuth (who supports universal health care and affirmative action), New Hampshire's Carol Shea-Porter (she was once escorted...
...potential of at least four more.Although each pairing comes from within the UC, the candidates’ different experiences within and outside of the council means that some are likely to advance change via the UC’s traditional framework, while others are more likely to suggest newer, unorthodox methods.TRACK RECORDSAlthough candidates may wait to formally announce their intentions until the deadline, the predicted names are familiar within the UC and, in many cases, to the campus at large. Unlike last year’s election, which included Magnus Grimeland ’07 and Tom D. Hadfield...