Perhaps where I work is unusual.
Mr. Denny's work is unusual because it works exceptionally well both ways, as art and as something more like life.
The interest in Dr. Stinchcomb's work is unusual for her school, which is often overshadowed by larger institutions.
Dr. Hoekstra's work is unusual in that it deals with a naturally occurring, complicated behavior in mammals that is important for survival.
Ms. Young's work is unusual for using the first-person voice of Jesus, and one can see why some theologically strait-laced Christians might be perturbed.
Such extensive work is unusual, if not unprecedented, but what complicates the matter at 740 Park is the limestone facing on the street elevations.
The work is unusual in its weaving of two carols — "Joseph, Lieber Joseph Mein" and "In Dulci Jubilo" — into the traditional Magnificat structure: in this case, at least, a welcome chance to hear carols in a jingle-saturated season.
This isn't to say that female relationships in Dunham and Heti's work are defined by animated adventures and cozy embraces: their work is unusual not only in the way it takes on the subject of platonic love between women but in its depiction of passionate conflicts.
"The work is unusual in the strength of the study design," says Jon Baron, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that seeks to increase government's effectiveness based on rigorous evidence about what works.
