Word: unfamiliar
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...latter drinking plenty of alcohol. Meanwhile, Muslim women wearing long, shapeless dresses and head-scarves stood around in small groups. I spoke with an elderly, bespectacled imam from Somalia who wore a large woolen shawl over his shoulders and a colorful, pointed cap, embroidered with ancient-looking but unfamiliar shapes and symbols. His limited knowledge of English did not prevent him from repeating the words "peace, peace, peace" over and over again...
...events” was a smaller 3.2. The second part involved two five-person groups. Children were given background stories on three members of each group. From these stories, the groups were identifiable as being comprised of either lucky or unlucky people. The children’s feelings about unfamiliar members of each group were then gauged. Despite the lack of direct description regarding the new individuals, the preferences were markedly in favor of people from the “lucky” group...
...term is unfamiliar, that's no surprise. "When I began working on mitochondrial disease back in the '80s," says Shoffner, "people were still arguing over whether it even existed." Nobody is arguing about that anymore. In fact, doctors have now identified hundreds of different subtypes of the disorder. What they all have in common is a malfunction of the mitochondria--tiny substructures, or organelles, found inside every cell in the body. Their job is to convert food into a chemical called ATP that cells use for energy. When they go bad, all sorts of havoc is wreaked on the body...
...can’t help but notice that the new “like” is the word “literally.” Bothering parents and professors alike, it punctuates our stories and pops up during most conversations. For those fortunately unfamiliar with the recent overuse of this adverb, note several examples...
...there, they could sneak by the card swiper (no Domna here) and enjoy a meal without looking out of place. Pia P. Dandiya ’09 never lets people “piggyback” into her dormitory who she doesn’t know, yet says seeing unfamiliar younger people in the building isn’t bothersome. “If they look my age, and look like a student at the college, I’m not overly suspicious, unless their behavior makes me feel other ways,” she says. So those could...