Word: unfamiliarity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dyslexia, a reading disability that bred frustration and a poor school record. "I didn't have any tools to study with," he says. "I didn't know what studying was." A grind for perfection, Cruise today often carries a dictionary so he can look up unfamiliar words. "He comes into my office," says Top Gun co-producer Don Simpson, "and goes over my stack of books, taking notes. Last night he used the word plethora. Two years ago, he didn't know the word...
After the second round Friday night, the Crimson looked golden. No one had been eliminated yet. Harvard amazed itself. Knocking off 17 matches in a row, the team just forgot how to lose. So much that Harvard found itself in an unfamiliar position--second place...
Some of her early appearances were little short of disastrous, revealing her as shockingly unfamiliar with economic and foreign-policy issues. She has also spent considerable time out of the country, raising funds among wealthy exiles and testing the world stage. This has made little impression on an electorate more worried about the price of food in Matagalpa...
...rich have special problems procuring crack. They often have to make their buys in unfamiliar (and unsavory) neighborhoods, where they are prey to all kinds of rip-offs. Street crack is contaminated with an astonishing variety of chemicals, from amphetamines and meat tenderizers to pesticides. To make sure they are not being poisoned, some users are going back to a process popular years ago. They buy cocaine and convert it into a purer form of crack at home. This dangerous process, called free-basing, involves combining cocaine with baking soda and cooking the mixture. The latest trend among well...
...teams--all eight Ivy League schools, Army and Navy--will be competing in their biggest race of the year. As well as the dense greenery, the sheer number of runners competing also creates unfamiliar difficulties for most competitors...