Word: unorthodox
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...kind of a war" distresses the Germans as much as it delights the British. It means the kind of war he fought on the open desert of North Africa: careful, precise preparation, control of the air, a murderous blow with every weapon in the lockers of his armor. Eccentric, unorthodox, picturesque Monty is the military idol of his country...
Capture of the Japanese base of Myitkyina would be the first step toward the climax of a daring, unorthodox military operation. Next step was to complete the all-weather Ledo supply road from India to China. It might not be done for several months, for at week's end the monsoon had begun. But for the first time it looked like more than a gleam in the eye of stubborn, brilliant Lieut. General Joseph W. Stilwell...
...bushy beard, originator, trainer, brains and spark plug of the Burma Raiders. Wingate was one of those talented originals that some alchemy of British culture occasionally produces. Like Clive of India, "Chinese" Gordon, Lawrence of Arabia (a distant cousin), Wingate was an eccentric and an artist in unorthodox military operations...
...directed the landing on Rendova from his flagship the McCawley (nicknamed the "Wacky Mack" on account of previous unorthodox exploits). Turner was not the man to run an operation by remote control. In crowded Rendova Harbor the Wacky Mack was hit and knocked out by Jap aircraft. Turner and his staff abandoned the slowly foundering ship, crawled over landing nets into a destroyer, dangling their uniforms on clothes hangers. But he got "that boy" on the beach without the loss of a single life. When it was over he commented sarcastically: "If you go in and can't handle...
...Shall we have a revival of honest competition in private finance or will we persist in our present ways until the Government takes over all the banking business in America?" Unorthodox, white-haired Cyrus S. Eaton of Cleveland's Otis & Co. asked U.S. financiers this question this week in Financial World. He promptly answered it with harsh words for Manhattan's investment bankers, with whom he has long feuded over competitive bidding for rail road and utility issues. Said...