Word: unfamiliar
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...role race is playing. No one can say for certain what is in people's hearts. But what we found is a very American answer: people are pragmatic and seem willing to evaluate the candidates on the merits of their character and ideas. And, yes, Obama is still unfamiliar to plenty of voters--but what we also discovered is that anxieties about the economy are trumping anxieties that some people have about Barack Obama...
...concerned, anyone not moved by a portmanteau that inventive clearly has no soul. Thus, late on a Friday night, I found myself seated among other eager moviegoers, most of them male, awaiting the start of a movie that would open my eyes to an unfamiliar art form.“Nuns! Now!” yelled an impatient audience member from the balcony, and the series host ended his lengthy introduction and began this film of witchcraft, torture, and rampant sexual urges in 17th-century England. In lieu of a plot summary, which would—trust me?...
...American fencing in Beijing also saw a silver medal in the women’s team foil event—a win that came as a complete surprise to most who follow fencing. Then again, even Harvard students unfamiliar with the sport might have been unsurprised at the win once learning that it belonged to Emily R. Cross ’08-’10, a member of the Harvard fencing team who has long proven her ability to perform under stressful conditions...
...question of what it means to create something new is certainly interesting, there is hardly a duller medium with which to address it than a drama that focuses on windshield wipers. The tale of the little guy who tries to bring the big company to justice is not an unfamiliar one. In “Erin Brockovich,” Julia Roberts plays a single mom who takes a power company to task for contaminating water supplies. In “The Insider,” Russell Crowe resolves to use his inside knowledge to bring down Big Tobacco...
...right-hander who lives to compete—Walsh calls him a “bulldog”—the toughest part of adjusting to professional ball hasn’t been the better hitters or the work with unfamiliar pitches. It’s been the focus on the individual over the team, the decreased premium placed on winning...