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...shouts “Hi Jimbo!” in unison. Although he has been in HRO since the beginning of freshman year, his musical career at Harvard began with a smattering of posters calling for hip young gunslingers to join him in a rock band—pretty unorthodox for a guy who would later become president of the biggest classical group on campus...
...that fall under OCS’s radar, I did a final search for jobs through eRecruiting. There was one last interesting opening, so I sent my application on its way with a certain amount of indifference. The accomplishments I value most have often been achieved through the more unorthodox path, and I had already resolved that I would appreciate whatever I was doing next year far more if I had reached...
Bakshi, a joint Social Studies and Visual and Environmental Studies concentrator—an unorthodox concentration choice—said that art, social action, and social theory have always been interests of his. He credits Lecturer on Social Studies Kiku Adatto as an inspiring mentor who helped him merge his interests...
Unscrupulous winemakers for centuries have added all sorts of strange ingredients to their products in attempts to increase their profits. Now some Austrian vintners have found a method for doctoring plonk that is not only unorthodox but potentially lethal. Last week the Austrian government announced it had impounded more than 1 million gal. of white wine that had been adulterated with diethylene glycol, a chemical used in making aircraft antifreeze that can be fatal if swallowed...
...says one. The same officials claim that criticism of the particulars in this case and others like it misses the point. Since 9/11, they say, their marching orders have been very clear: disrupt first, prosecute later. That may mean potentially sacrificing a legal victory by gathering evidence in unorthodox or inadmissible ways, or resorting to the Al Capone strategy of using lesser charges--like immigration violations, minor perjury or food-stamp fraud--to keep a suspect off the street. That can make for rough justice. Says an official: "The American people want it all ways. They want the disruption...