Word: familiarizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Half of America may writhe at the very mention of Miss America. But Christine knows that the other half will be watching her on TV that night, pleased by a familiar drama with its comforting suggestion, not entirely buried in unspoken sex and overt commerce, of a continual cycle of nurturing, of youth pliable and respectful, learning something, at least, from previous generations. The phone rings. It is Charles from Atlantic City. "Have you got your eyelashes on?" he asks...
Long before the first dormitory opened to signal the start of a new academic year, tens of thousands of parents had received those familiar and depressing envelopes with word from the college of their offspring's choice: tuition, room and board. All due immediately...
...first season's repertoire in New York includes lots of familiar fare, and he plans no major overhaul of the Philharmonic. "Innovation," he says, "happens as you go along." He will spend 18 to 22 weeks a year in New York, living with his wife Nancy on Manhattan's East Side. Another twelve to 14 weeks will go to his beloved Israel Philharmonic...
Contact with audiences is essential too. As this round of musical chairs comes to an end, people will be hearing familiar orchestras under new leadership. It promises to be an exciting tune...
...with the diminutive [Carlos] Romulo skipping to catch up, [General George] Kenney heard the General murmur to himself: 'This is what I dreamed about.' Kenney thought it was more like a nightmare. He could hear the taunts of enemy soldiers, speaking that broken English which was so familiar to soldiers and Marines in the Pacific: 'Surrender, all is resistless!' and 'How are your machine guns feeling today?' and 'F.D.R. eat shit...