Word: unfamiliar
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...cloning issue has been debated extensively in the politically charged hallways of Capitol Hill. Now a new, wholly unfamiliar perspective enters the fray - cool, calm, objective and, not coincidentally, scientific...
Therein lies the future of e-mail. Spam messages aimed at attracting customers are ineffective; people are even less likely to respond to e-mail from unfamiliar sources than they are to answer paper junk mail. Jupiter Media Metrix, based in New York City, estimates that marketers pay $125 to attract each new customer using e-mail and only $66 using direct mail. But customers are more receptive to firms they already do business with. Inducing an existing customer to make a new purchase costs $6 using e-mail, vs. $18 for direct mail. Says Jared Blank, a digital-commerce...
...conflict in Afghanistan put Americans in sometimes perplexingly unfamiliar territory. But TIME's vivid series of maps and graphics has given readers clear and detailed guides to all the action, whether in the caves of Tora Bora or in the arcane financial networks of al-Qaeda. You can find all those maps and graphics, with added interactive elements, at time.com/interactives
Vicky’s toothy smile is contagious—intoxicating really. To those unfamiliar with Vicky’s antics, the smile is comforting and friendly. Vicky is the girl who you might chat with one night at a party and months later she will remember the details of the conversation. She cares about what you say and who you are. Or, you might know Vicky’s smile from the pages of “Roving Reporter” where her smirk brags that she has the scoop, the whole scoop and nothing but the scoop...
Hawkins said early violations are usually due to campaign workers unfamiliar with postering rules...