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Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shigeru Ishiba, the man set to become the next leader of Japan, has made a career as a political outsider and opponent of party orthodoxy.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
The fact that an orthodoxy exists is due to the fact that almost all of the economists of note and power in the government and in control of major economic publications come from a handful of institutions.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Russian nuclear orthodoxy—a political myth, which Russian President Vladimir Putin himself endorses, that nuclear weapons and traditional values are the two pillars of Russia’s statehood and the main guarantors of its physical and moral security—became a widespread public belief before the war.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2023
By bringing the public face to face with violence carried out against lab animals, PETA challenged the orthodoxy that scientists used animals ethically, appropriately, or rationally.
—Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
The fact that an orthodoxy exists is due to the fact that almost all of the economists of note and power in the government and in control of major economic publications come from a handful of institutions.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Russian nuclear orthodoxy—a political myth, which Russian President Vladimir Putin himself endorses, that nuclear weapons and traditional values are the two pillars of Russia’s statehood and the main guarantors of its physical and moral security—became a widespread public belief before the war.
—Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2023
By bringing the public face to face with violence carried out against lab animals, PETA challenged the orthodoxy that scientists used animals ethically, appropriately, or rationally.
—Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
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