Word: unfamiliar
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...streets to welcome the peacekeepers, shown above, whose first task was to disarm the militant gangs responsible for much of the fighting. MEANWHILE IN THE U.K. ... Next: Straight Bananas Spectators at a performance of the Moscow State Circus in the English town of Folkestone were bemused by the unfamiliar sight of acrobats wearing sequinned leotards ... and hard hats. The circus' insurers said that because of new E.U. regulations governing workers employed at heights "greater than the average step ladder," the performers' cover would be withdrawn if they failed to don protective headwear...
People still unfamiliar with Wilson's work will have difficulty avoiding it over the next month. Three of his films are opening on three successive weekends, and two are poised to become blockbusters. On June 27 he will reprise his role as Diaz's boyfriend in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. On July 2 he will do the same with Witherspoon in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. And this past weekend he charmed Kate Hudson in the romantic comedy Alex & Emma...
...spent months abroad in Sydney, Australia while his original classmates completed their junior year. Once they graduated, Skey found he had to gain footing in unfamiliar territory when he returned to Cambridge this fall...
...member of the Sulzberger family, the press dynasty which controls the New York Times, writing is in Golden’s blood. But he rejected the family formula for success when he declined to go into journalism, choosing the unfamiliar route of fiction instead...
...Those unfamiliar with student life here may be inclined to dismiss this theory as far-fetched, but the supporting evidence I’ve witnessed is too considerable to ignore. Almost all of my good friends and casual acquaintances (most of whom are coincidentally headed to outstanding law schools, Wall Street firms, etc.) are professional procrastinators. Problem sets are rarely finished with more than an hour or two to spare, papers are always started the night (or morning) before, and website contributions for section are always written extemporaneously. I even know a few seniors who wrote the bulk...