Word: unfamiliar
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...traced by no doubtful inference to an attempt of the Overseers, beginning in 1754 and renewed at intervals for some ten years, to improve the elocution of the students by requiring the public recitation of dialogues translated out of Latin into English." Lowell was, however, evidently unfamiliar with the diary of President Wadsworth which indicates that some sort of ceremony existed at least as far back...
McInnis faces the same problem that confronted Art Valpey last spring. He is largely unfamiliar with the personnel and their capabilities, and he must experiment until he finds the right combination. But he is tackling the problem in the same way Valpey did: he is starting with fundamentals Besides the regular batting practice for every man, he is giving individual instruction in bunting and sliding, with particular emphasis on the latter. The pitchers are still in the late stages of limbering...
Last year's sextet toppled the Cadets by a 7 to 1 score, but that was at the Arena. Tonight the score probably won't be so one-sided, since the skaters have a long bus trip and an unfamiliar and unfriendly rink against them...
Butch Jordan had a tooth pulled Wednesday, but it was hardly his most serious loss this week. When Army's wrestlers invade the Blockhouse tomorrow afternoon, six of his best men will either be on the sidelines or competing at unfamiliar weights...
...Ladies and gentlemen," the announcer said, "the Dutch national anthem!" At the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden, 16,000 track fans rose respectfully while the band tootled an unfamiliar tune in honor of The Netherlands' miler, stringy Willy Slykhuis (rhymes, roughly, with dike mouse).* Then the band played the Swedish national anthem, for Miler Ingvar Bengtsson, and a baritone sang The Star-Spangled Banner. The crowd sat back to wait for Slykhuis and Bengtsson. No foreigner had ever won the Wanamaker Mile, but now that the mighty Gil Dodds had retired, the invaders seemed to have a fine...