Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...visit should heal whatever damage was done; that familiar Middle East term "momentum" seemed still in force, thanks chiefly to the efforts of Begin and Sadat at their Christmas meeting in Ismailia. Though the meeting was roundly criticized last week-by many Arabs who felt that Begin had offered too little, and by right-wing Israelis who felt that their Premier had gone too farthe effort had produced some promising results. For the first time, Arabs and Israelis had embarked on high-level negotiations face to face. To be sure, they were unable to settle on a joint declaration...
...coaches felt that we would give up a home pool advantage if we swam against Brown in the new pool, since the teams have not yet worked out at Soldiers Field," said Anne Liccardello, Harvard women's swim team manager. "The swimmers would not be familiar with the walls and the blocks, and that might hurt them on starts and turns. In addition, Brown is really used to swimming in a pool like the one at Soldiers Field, so they might actually have an advantage...
...tantalizing rhythms and familiar refrains of the music abolish distance for the space of an evening, carrying listeners back to the warm friendships, relaxed pace, and traditional ways of the homelands that, for better or worse, they have left behind...
About ten or 15 students from her high school come to school in the United States each year. Atinc, a government concentrator, has set familiar goals for herself. After graduation, she hopes to go to graduate school in America, and then return to Turkey...
...squad returned to more familiar parts in its game at Holy Cross December 20, but with similar disappointing results...