Word: unfamiliarity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kennedy's call was unfamiliar to most Americans. The New York Senator asked for rapid political and economic change, law and order, a halt to war. By the fatal end of his run he was keeping his appeal relatively free of recrimination. His strongest words were reserved not for segregationists, economic malefactors, or regressive political bosses; he harpooned the national leaders of his own party. Richard Nixon was no more than the butt of a few jokes. More than "poor-mouthing," Kennedy evoked a new sense of self-awareness and self-realization--more like Teddy Roosevelt than any 20th century...
...greatest beneficiaries of the LP revolution in the 1950s were opera lovers; new techniques suddenly made it practical to produce and collect complete recordings of old warhorses. But after a while, the boom dwindled, and the record companies are now concentrating on the modern, the unfamiliar, the rare and the esoteric...
...entered a full slate of committed delegate candidates, while Kennedy was unable to match him, having entered the race after the filing deadline. Kennedy was therefore forced to line up uncommitted candidates and conduct an advertising campaign to identify them to the electorate. Picking and choosing among 75 unfamiliar names, the voters gave him at least 20 of the state's 30 delegates...
Lentz, now 37, reached a point where he chose to build his own staff as a head coach rather than to remain an expert assistant for the rest of his life. His decision may bring glories to Bowdoin football, but it may also result in unfamiliar holes in Harvard's line next fall...
...hate or anything else that happens to strike their fancy. Michel Martel clowns around, but also finds time to display a voice that can find its place in any octave. Helen Ireland, throaty and soothing, and Nigel Pegram, quiet and cynical, handle the familiar folk songs with an unfamiliar sense of style...