Word: strangerness
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...surviving can soon (especially in New York City) become The New Careerism. Manhattan Person A says: 'I've lost most of my friends to it.' Manhattan Person B: 'Only "most"? Lucky you. For me it's total. Twenty years in one neighborhood and, suddenly, we're talking Stranger in a Strange Land. For me, unlike you, a total rout--sorry." By the end of the novel, the reader feels so attached to the characters that the sense of loss is just as complete...
...Harvard women's soccer team isn't exactly a stranger to the NCAA tournament, but it's been a long time since they've made it as far as the quarterfinal round. Not since 1982 has the Crimson advanced as far as the quarterfinal when it lost to Missouri-St. Louis, 2-1. The Crimson's other three NCAA matches occurred in 1984, when Harvard was downed by UMass, 2-1, in the Eastern Regional Championship; in 1994, when Harvard lost 3-0 to UMass in the first round; and in 1996, when Harvard suffered a triple-overtime, own-goal...
...make themselves a target of a crime by waiting for an opportunity to enter. Also, having access to any house at any time would allow students sensing themselves in a potentially dangerous situation to duck into a house for safety. Finally, students would be less likely to swipe a stranger into their own house, as they would realize that all Harvard undergraduates should be able to enter with their own cards...
...classical music world is no stranger to child prodigies. The best musicians, it seems, always have mind-numbingly early starts: Chopin's compositions were first published when he was 15, Beethoven gave his first public recital at age 8 and Mozart began composing at age four. Even now, musicians who don't have firmly established performance careers by age 20 will probably never achieve the same success as those...
...truth is sometimes stranger than fiction," Carl Anderson said...