Word: unorthodox
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...second-guessing one of its own tenured faculty, the University is violating the sacred pact that has allowed ideas of all kinds to flourish for so many years. Even worse, the Medical School has set an unfortunate precedent for future episodes involving unorthodox professors. The incident raises some troubling questions that we should consider. Will future Medical School faculty and administrators appeal to this incident as a precedent for investigating others with opinions that are unconventional or politically incorrect? Will the Tosteson-Rehlman rationale be employed by deans in other faculties less restrained than Knowles to investigate the likes...
...Freedom," Jun. 30, 1995), Alan M. Dershowitz strongly criticized Harvard Medical School's inquiry into Dr. John Mack's work with people who claim to have been "abducted" by alien creatures from outer space. He charged that Dr. Mack, a professor of psychiatry, was being investigated because of his unorthodox ideas and his choice of research topic. Mr. Dershowitz professed concern about the "chilling of academic freedom" resulting from the inquiry and he asked: "Will the next professor who is thinking about an unconventional research project be deterred by the prospect of having to hire a lawyer to defend...
...format of this last tournament was unorthodox. In the morning, male and female members from both Harvard and Dartmouth joined forces in a mixed doubles format. Brown did not bring any female golfers and could not compete...
Haven't gotten enough Harvard hockey? Then Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres is the man to watch. Not that he ever donned the Crimson colors, but that his superb, unorthodox style a la Tripp Tracy '96 gets the job done. His .931 save percentage leads the galaxy (and Hasek doesn't even have one of those cool, fancy goalie helmets...
...girl I played had an unorthodox style," Roiter said. "It was hard to get a rhythm and I was a little impatient at times...