Word: six
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...original vocabulary and syntax. It is commonly confused with a subcategory, "twin speech," a private collection of distorted words and idioms used by 40% of twins because they feel lonely or playful or both. Twins usually give it up at age three. But Gracie and Ginny were discovered at six, still unable to speak English. They had an apparent vocabulary of hundreds of exotic words stuck together in Rube Goldberg sentence structures and salted with strange half-English and half-German phrases. The preposition out became an active verb: "I out the pudatoo-ta" (I throw out the potato salad...
Many columnists who draw on their own experiences find that the well quickly goes dry, but Goodman shows no sign of flagging. She recently completed a six-month stint as a guest commentator on NBC'S Today show, and now is said to be a leading contender to replace Shana Alexander as half of the "Point-Counterpoint" team on CBS's 60 Minutes. If she does, she insists, it won't be to joust with Conservative Columnist James Kilpatrick, as Alexander did. "Debate polarizes, and everything I've tried to do is the opposite-to find...
Flatt's first shot hit the front of the rim, seemed to hang there for a second, and fell away. Fordham took the rebound and moved the ball quickly upcourt, where Bill Calhoun tied it at 68 and forced the first extra period on a layup with six seconds to go. Harvard called time out but couldn't get off a shot in five seconds...
...Number six man Bob Blake rounded out the Crimson scoring with a three-game sweep of plebe Mark Milet, while number eight Chas Duffy fell to veteran Lou Yuengert in three straight...
Howard added that the United States would use six times the energy it can extract from the area if it had to replace the protein produced by the fisheries with processed food protein...