Word: unfamiliar
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...more of the same. Instead of a stately epic--like Robert Rossen's 1956 Alexander the Great, with Richard Burton as the globe-annexing god-king--Stone presents a riot of sensations, military and erotic, through which Alexander (Colin Farrell) has to hack like an intrepid soldier through an unfamiliar jungle. All of which makes for a long, lumpy trip with a charismatic guide and some brilliant detours...
Outsiders unfamiliar with cheerleading sometimes criticize the sport for the fact that, at least superficially, it involves cheering for other people rather than proactively accomplishing something for oneself. Yet the Harvard cheerleaders defend and relish their roles...
...Harvard women suffered a visiting team’s disadvantages, enduring travelling difficulties and unfamiliar sailing conditions as they took fifth in Charleston, S.C. over the weekend at the women’s Atlantic Coast Championships...
CASV members said many students are unfamiliar with the services of the Ad Board...
Orlean’s brand of writing, then, springs from both a natural personal interest in the unfamiliar and a desire to open new worlds for readers. “As a writer, you’re always making choices, and the very first choice you make is what you deem worth writing about,” Orlean commented...