The first is familiar to citizens in many democracies.
The human costs of biometrics are also familiar to citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Most worrying of all is the prospect of a currency crisis — a phenomenon practically unknown to Americans but familiar to citizens of many other countries whose governments have pursued irresponsible economic policies.
Underscoring the rising desperation in Zimbabwe's economy, the police and paramilitary squads have begun seizing foreign money from tourists and moneychangers in an effort to allay an acute shortage of hard currency, Zimbabwe citizens familiar with the situation there said Monday.
The case, Kitzmiller v. Dover, followed a familiar script: Local citizens wanted their religious values validated by the science curriculum; prominent academics testified to the scientific consensus on evolution; and creationists lost decisively.
The first principle affirms for all citizens familiar basic rights and liberties: liberty of conscience and freedom of association, freedom of speech and liberty of the person, the rights to vote, to hold public office, to be treated in accordance with the rule of law, and so on.
Proclaiming, "This time, we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint, we will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars and, perhaps someday, to many worlds beyond," Trump made a promise that should sound familiar to American citizens, as many incoming presidents (including Obama and both Bushes) have made similar plans and proclamations.
Eugenics should sound familiar to the citizens of North Carolina, and specifically, people in the Winston Salem area.
The true-crime story cleverly combines dramatic reenactments and interviews with colorful local citizens familiar with the not-so-cut-and-dry case.
The work is a meta-unraveling of what makes up Los Angeles; uncovering that which is underneath the city but rarely seen or discussed, displayed on the familiar surface its citizens interact with everyday.
