Word: unorthodox
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...taken advantage of his long-standing relationship with the candidate to dispense with much of the imperial hauteur of Goreworld. Although the Vice President had been privately arguing for debates with Bradley as early as last spring, his advisers back then talked him out of it, dismissing such an unorthodox move as insanity for a front runner. Better to ignore Bradley entirely, they argued. "Gore sometimes felt like a prisoner in his own campaign," says a friend in whom the Vice President confided. Some of Gore's Old Guard grumbled privately when he finally laid down his challenge for twice...
Holbrooke's unorthodox approach may have ruffled some feathers, but it also showcased his talent for mixing smart domestic and global politics. Gore scored electoral points as a crusader against AIDS, while Holbrooke strengthened his candidacy to be Secretary of State if Gore is elected President. The high-profile debate also put the U.S. back in the driver's seat at the U.N., after a long period of bickering and lackluster performances. By shifting the focus to Africa, Holbrooke is providing a breather from divisive issues such as Kosovo and Iraq and pushing the Security Council to think more creatively...
...only will his Berkeley students and colleagues mourn the loss of Noguera's scholarship and activism, but his unorthodox pronouncement has set tongues wagging on both sides of the land...
...unorthodox, even revolutionary thesis, at a time when most scholars assumed that Chinese communism was an outgrowth of the Soviet empire...
...have been--but we all know it happened. The idea crashes through the barrier of your typical illusions of parents/grandparents--sterile virgins who exist only in the context of...well, you. Breaking down these types of barriers is exactly what director Patricia Rozema attempts to do in her rather unorthodox adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. Indeed, Rozema crashes through the "garden party" of archetypal Austen movies (think Emma Thompson and Kate Winslett running breathless over the moor in Sense and Sensibility) to present a more richly satirical piece full of innuendo, witticism, and blatant sexuality. Yes, you heard right...