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Word: unfamiliar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Harvard students arrive in Cambridge as freshmen, they don't know what to expect. Roommates, classes, the campus, the city, even the rules are unfamiliar, often frightening. But by the end of the year, all that should have changed, and students should have begun to think of Cambridge as their home...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Proctors: Addressing Adjustment Issues? | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...evening in early September, the special government phone rang. That surprised me. Everyone knew my father was not in Moscow. I heard an unfamiliar voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Father Nikita Khrushchev's Downfall | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

This time, Harvard didn't waste time adjusting to the unfamiliar conditions...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Men Booters Pound Penn In OT, 2-0 | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

Fast participant Carlos Perez '91, a residentof Los Angeles and a Raza member, said that he was"unfamiliar" with the day-to-day lives of migrantworkers but that he was drawn to the fast becauseof his heritage...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Chicano Students Fast For Nationwide Protest | 11/3/1988 | See Source »

...course, be deadly. Some of its forms may persist for many centuries. As federal officials and fiercely independent private contractors finally step out of the nuclear closet and seek vast sums to clean up the mess they have created, repair aging facilities or build new ones, they face an unfamiliar challenge. Only candor and a new determination to give public safety priority over arms production can win the support they need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: They Lied to Us | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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