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Word: familiarity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...common "animal" any more than we expect to find monkeys infesting the trees in Central Park. We therefore jump to the conclusion: As a matter of fact, the Argentines have the very best reasons for regarding the lizzard as worthy of protection. No doubt the latter is as familiar a sight down there as the common cat is in this country. It is to say the least, unmannerly to scoff at the actions of our South American neighbors. The American Press should be very careful as to how it brings into ridicule the customs and traditions of a foreign people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR TACTLESS PRESS | 3/20/1922 | See Source »

...music for the Hymn should be set to some familiar tune such as "Come Thou Almighty King", "Rock of Ages", or "Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '22 TICKET AND BACCALAUREATE COMPETITIONS CLOSE SATURDAY | 3/16/1922 | See Source »

...should be distinct so that the reproduction of them will be clear, and the design should be in keeping with the ticket in question. The Memorial tickets, for example, should ordinarily have on them a drawing of Memorial Hall, and the Yard tickets a well-known gate or other familiar object usually associated with the Yard. The designs must bear the following words respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '22 TICKET AND BACCALAUREATE COMPETITIONS CLOSE SATURDAY | 3/16/1922 | See Source »

...became a scugnizzo, a wandering singer of the streets, singing for a few soldi or for the pure joy of song. He was called "Arichetielli," and soon became known as the best boy singer in Naples. After that comes the story of his swift rise to fame, too familiar now to need repeating here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIEWED IN BRIEF | 3/10/1922 | See Source »

...words for the Hymn should be set to some familiar tune, such as "Integer Vitae" or "Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WANT DESIGNS FOR TICKETS | 3/3/1922 | See Source »

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