Word: unfamiliarity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...those unfamiliar with the Trojanowski record, let it be stated that the 193-pound Bridgeport resident tallied 22 touchdowns to lead every scorer in the country last fall with 132 points. Walt has been shifted from his fullback position to left-half this year, but his high-scoring abilities will undoubtedly fit into the plans of the Husky coaches wherever he plays...
Naturally, proper names are one grand mal de tête. Unfamiliar names of newsmakers erupt into the headlines almost daily-Marshal Fevsi Çakmak. Princess Sukhodhaya, Sir Ofori Atta. And rare is the week that strange place names don't pop up, as the news shifts around from earthquakes in the Caribbean to incidents in the air over Yugoslavia. For months now the research librarian in charge of the Biography files in our Morgue has been working on a great continuing project to assist researchers in checking the proper names and titles of foreigners...
Most Americans, unfamiliar with Chinese geography, found China's war completely baffling. Its ultimate strategy hinged on control of China's arterial railroads. Like a huge capital A, these trunk lines run from Peiping (at the northern apex of the A) southward to Hankow and Nanking. The bar across the A was the Lunghai Railroad which meandered from Sian, in China's far west, to Laoyao, a minor port on the coast. For Nationalists and Communists alike, control of this A was a strategic necessity. Through its two-way gate Nationalists could move to conquer and hold...
Eight. Eight is glad to be alive, zealous in exploring the unfamiliar, extravagant in speech and action. He does everything too fast, from bolting his food to racing through his piano lessons. He is also a man of property, with a lively sense of money and ownership. Eight knows he is growing up, often listens closely when adults talk to each other so he can figure out what makes them tick...
...looked as if we would have to put a new writer, unfamiliar with the complicated material, on the story. Furthermore, we couldn't find hide or hair of an excellent 50-page piece of research (the basis for a story FORTUNE had done on Lever Bros. in 1940) which London swore was in TIME'S morgue. More transatlantic telephoning ensued, and we finally got London's copy of the research...