Word: unorthodox
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...More like an imbalance. And addressing it could require some drastic action. "Political parties may need to use what people might consider unorthodox methods to accelerate their own integration," says Trevor Phillips, head of Britain's Commission for Equality and Human Rights. "They might try to ensure they have proportionate regional representation in their candidates. Or they might say that every candidate short list has to have at least one person who isn't white on it. You can't force people onto constituencies, but you can compel parties to think about their responsibilities...
Penelope Cruz is one of the year’s Best Actress nominees—deservedly so—yet the Best Actress prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival went to the entire female cast of “Volver.” The unorthodox sharing of the Cannes prize speaks volumes about the power of the performances within Almodovar’s film. A movie dedicated to uncovering the heart and soul of women, beautifully shot in vibrant colors and able to capture moments both poignant and humorous, “Volver” is enchanting to watch?...
...Marriage of Figaro” is accessible to everyone. First of all, the opera is sung entirely in English. I’ve also tried to express my own humor and sense of fun in the staging of the opera. The result has been some unorthodox, but all the more entertaining, characters...
...suggests—that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely “accepted;” we aren’t here to accept or reject—we’re here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course—and we all like to be called “assistants,” not “graders?...
...party is a tailor-made metaphor for Estonia itself: freed from the confines of totalitarian rule, it's having a blast experimenting with unorthodox ideas as it makes up for lost time. Since regaining independence in 1991 with the collapse of the U.S.S.R., Estonia (pop. 1.35 million) was the first former Soviet republic to introduce its own currency and adopt a flat-tax system, now widely copied in the rest of Eastern Europe. It has also become one of the most technologically advanced places on the planet. You can use your mobile phone to pay for parking, buy bus tickets...