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Word: unfamiliar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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While many candidates said they were unfamiliar with the University's current alcohol policy, they said they supported lenient policies for underage drinking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Record Numbers Run for Council | 10/8/1987 | See Source »

...contest should have been merely a warm-up for the week's big match-up Saturday on Cornell's astroturf field. But B.C.'s unfamiliar, slick playing surface left the Crimson cold for most of the opening half...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Men Booters Fly Past Eagles | 10/7/1987 | See Source »

...Belfry Club in England to Spain's Seve Ballesteros and Germany's Bernhard Langer, the foremost golfers in the world. This time Captain Jack Nicklaus is optimistic about the Yanks' chances. Australian Greg Norman is neutral, and the site, Nicklaus' own Muirfield Village course in Ohio, is particularly unfamiliar to the foreign players. The annual Memorial Tournament there regularly conflicts with the British P.G.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Newly At A Loss for Worlds | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...where Reagan almost tread last October. At the summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, Reagan almost agreed to dramatic cuts in long-range nuclear weapons in exchange for limits on American space defense plans. Regardless of whether one believes in the promise of SDI, the picture of an aging president, unfamiliar with nuclear strategy, in free-form negotiations with the Soviets is a frightening...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Summit-Time Blues | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

...someone unfamiliar with the detailed story of the Constitution's birth, no book better combines the virtues of logical organization, responsible brevity and pleasant reading than A More Perfect Union. Though neither constitutional scholars nor well-read dilettantes are likely to discover previously hidden treasures here, they will find a uniquely clear guide that keeps an orderly hand on the chronology of the convention, as well as on the evolving roles of the principal actors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Bicentennial Samplings | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

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