Word: unfamiliarly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Blue's problems are as stubborn as they are unfamiliar to the company. From the personal computers at one end of its vast product line to the large mainframes that have been its backbone, the huge Armonk, N.Y.-based firm faces growing competition in the industry it used to call its own. Though IBM has sold more than 3 million personal computers since 1981, its share of that market has slipped substantially during the past year, from an estimated 35% of total sales to less than 29%, as consumers turned to other U.S.-made machines and cheap imports, or "clones...
Travel: Experience traveling, working,studying abroad, should be described explicitly ifjob-related. It documents experiewnce in adjustingto unfamiliar surroundings. If you decide not tohave a travel section, you can mention travelunder Personal Background...
Harvard (2-2-1 overall, 0-1 Ivy) couldn't muster an effective attack in its league-opener, partly because of the unfamiliar artificial turf...
...British nuclear issue was also joined last week from an unfamiliar direction. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, in a taped interview with the BBC scheduled for broadcast early this week, criticized the Labor Party for demanding that Britain scrap its nuclear arsenal, ban U.S. nuclear bases and prevent U.S. ships carrying nuclear arms from entering British waters. If a future Labor government should put such policies into operation, Weinberger warned, the result could be the dismantling of NATO. Labor Leader Neil Kinnock, whose fellow party members are expected to reaffirm a no-nukes stand this week at their annual conference...
Police use beepers too, and they sometimes provide unexpected leads. When an unfamiliar number mysteriously appeared on Miami Police Detective Juan Garcia's digital pager, he dialed it and received an order for 35 lbs. of marijuana. Garcia promised to deliver the goods, went to the designated meeting place and arrested four eager buyers who showed up with $13,000 to make their purchase...