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Word: unorthodox (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson goes into today's match with only a single loss to Navy marring an otherwise perfect season, and the same holds true for Yale. Both teams fell easy prey to the unorthodox playing conditions which prevail on the Navy courts, and actually the winner of today's match will be regarded unofficially as the best team in the country by most squash observers...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Underdog Crimson Squash Team To Oppose Powerful Yale Squad | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

...unorthodox technique he used was to publicize Senator Leverett Saltonstall's endorsement of Curtis. By emphasizing the difference between the Massachusetts Senator and his Congressional opponent, Curtis attempted to reduce John L. Saltonstall's name advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Republicans Discuss Methods To Rebuild Party | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

...there is a lot of backslapping. But what of seasons to come? Let me lose the opener or a couple of other games next fall, and then watch how I'm blasted." An All-America end for three years running in his undergraduate days, Bennie is a gentle, unorthodox type who thinks a boy should pick a school and then play football, and this is contrary to recruiting doctrine these days in football's big time. This year Michigan managed only two victories (both by a single point) in its first seven games. Beset by injuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Nov. 24, 1958 | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

...student at M.I.T. and it was very inexpensive. I think he made it himself. Put it together from spare parts he found along the road after one of those Harvard-Wellesley marathons. I'll admit I was a trifle worried about inspection since the bicycle does seem a bit unorthodox. But I realize...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: Numbers Racket | 11/7/1958 | See Source »

...Neill's Marco Millions. This was the largest show ever undertaken at Harvard. It was beautifully acted by a huge cast of 75, and had stunning sets and costumes; but it was not a big popular success--the public was not yet ready for this play, which, although highly unorthodox and exotic, is a masterful work...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: College Post-War Student Theatre: 332 Shows Staged by 47 Groups | 10/2/1958 | See Source »

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