Word: unfamiliar
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...flawed study by people who are obviously unfamiliar with what the implementation process is and the way education policy works in this country,” said the Department of Education spokesman Chad Colby. The act did not put minorities at a disadvantage., he said...
...Language. There are those among us who believe that the primary purpose of language to be communication. Clearly they are unfamiliar with academic writing and speaking; even a casual glance at these would reveal that the real aim of language is to confuse and, in so doing, to make others realize that you are smarter than they...
...RAISE CASH... Abramoff tended to pick clients far removed from the Beltway who were sometimes either too desperate or too unfamiliar with the lobbying trade to question his unorthodox tactics and exorbitant fees...
...causes. But a former DeLay aide tells TIME that it happened during a fund raiser shortly after the election in which Republicans gained full control of Congress for the first time in more than 40 years. In this account, DeLay's then chief of staff Ed Buckham pulled an unfamiliar figure toward DeLay and told the new majority whip that he was an important lobbyist and fund raiser and that they would soon be working together...
...season with several unfamiliar wrinkles, the Harvard women’s hockey team is back in a familiar position—first place in the ECAC. The Crimson (10-5-2, 7-2-2 ECAC) used decisive road wins over Colgate (7-7-4, 4-4-2) and Cornell (5-9-0, 1-7-0) to catapult to the top of the conference standings before taking a hiatus from division play for exams. “It’s a great feeling,” freshman Jenny Brine said. “It’s definitely...