Word: unfamiliar
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Like the ghost in Harvard’s attic, Yale is making unfamiliar threatening noises, creaking the floorboards and moaning something that sounds a little like “McLeooooood.” The Crimson isn’t going to confront the specter until it has to, at the Yale Bowl...
...Still reeling from the event, many students have made the argument that the administration’s new policies will force drinking further underground. Petersen believes that ending the fund “forces undergraduates who want to drink to attend off-campus events in unsafe environments with unfamiliar people outside of the safety and care provided by our Houses.” Taken together with new policies for student groups, Petersen also claims that “both shift the social life on campus into hands of the privileged...
...oarsmen on a crew. Like football coaches, coxswains receive the ceremonial bath of victory—a subtle but powerful tradition that sets coxswains apart as special and indispensable members of any championship crew.It is easy to see the distinction between coxswains and rowers. Even the untrained eye, unfamiliar with the intricacies of boats and power 10s and stroke ratings, will note the overwhelming difference in size between coxswains and the rowers they urge forward throughout a 2,000-meter race.But coxswains are misunderstood by those who only casually watch boats rowing by on the Charles River. A chorus...
...required reading by all college admissions officers. As a college admissions consultant with several Asian clients it helped me immensely to understand that lumping all Asians together under one banner is dangerous and misleading. I would venture to say that most Asian students, regardless of their particular ethnicity, are unfamiliar with these statistics, as are most Americans. A very important piece of social analysis. GERALD BRADSHAW Crown Point, IN October...
...While those unfamiliar with conkers assume that the game is based on luck, some serious participants claim that practice refines their game. Ian Moss, a technical support engineer from Wisconsin, has attended eight consecutive world championships, and hones his skills on the small but growing international circuit, which includes at least five competitions throughout Europe. "I try to strike it from the side where you get a nice line right across the nut," he says. Although he lost in the first round to a man dressed as a scarecrow, his spirit remains in tact. "You lose and you get bruises...