Word: familiarization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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George Washington still gazed forth as stolidly as ever, but the 40 millions of crisp $1 bills that went into circulation in the U.S. last week were not the old familiar aces. Along with a new Treasury Secretary's signature- the new singles displayed the first design change in U.S. paper money since the Bureau of Engraving and Printing added the Great Seal in 1935. On the green side of the new dollar appears, for the first time on U.S. folding money, the motto "In God We Trust," which made its debut on the 2? piece...
During the first night, the sputnik's familiar beep-beep must have been heard by radio or TV, by a great part of the world's population tone music-minded Swedish radio listener firmly asserted that the beep is in A-flat). U.S. experts could not tell at first whether the signal, which alternates between 20 and 40 megacycles, is a mere series of beeps, or whether it carries coded information from instruments in the satellite...
...Though File claims to be based on his "private files," Winchell admits there are fictitious strokes "to avoid any trouble legally." Did he always beat the cops to the scene when prowling around Manhattan? "Normally the cops were there when I arrived," says he, then adding, like the more familiar Winchell: "Once or twice I got there too early...
Although there is lots of body and little clothing in Jamaica, the choreography seems merely mass-produced, and only mildly erotic. Even bodies cannot hide the basic, familiar fault: the book is hollow. On a tiny island near Jamaica, Koli, the chief fisherman, and Savannah, the most eligible young woman, have a bumpy time getting married. They like each other. They don't. They do. They don't. A rival comes. Then a hurricane. Maybe Koli's drowned? She loved him along. He's saved. New doubts. New quarrels. Final reconciliation...
...quantity and quality of writing produced by those having served time at Harvard is apparent to anyone familiar with the literary currents of this country. One reason for this distinction is the extremely high verbal aptitude found among the undergraduate body, in part due to the attraction of the Law School. In addition, a reputation for producing good writers mushrooms the number of writers in attendance...