Word: smallest
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...Richard Gordon Elementary School, where he was singled out in the second grade as the outstanding boy student and did well enough in the third and fifth grades to be twice skipped ahead by half-grades. By the time he reached junior high school, he was the youngest, smallest boy in the class. He felt lost, unsure of himself. With no one to turn to, he made loneliness, insecurity and a stoic acceptance of life's defeats his earliest personal themes. At the same time, he possessed a strong independent streak and grew increasingly stubborn and competitive as life...
...husband gave his concession on Wednesday, hers seemed the only genuine smile in the family. But while the fight was on, aides say, she too was among the hawks, delving into the strategic details as she never had before and faxing news clippings of even the smallest developments in Florida to her friends...
...aware of the brand. You just had no idea what the brand did. ("ProtoLink: the Enterprise Solution for Internet Strategy. Because the future is where decisions will be made.") And throughout the year there were more and more of those ads for prescription drugs that didn't supply the smallest clue to what disease the miracle drug was supposed to cure. ("Sue, have you tried Protozip? It sure worked for me!" "No, Donna, I haven't, but I'm going to call my doctor today and ask for Protozip." Announcer: "Protozip should not be used by pregnant women or anyone...
...access to lifesaving treatments--clot-busting drugs, emergency angioplasty, beta-blockers--increases your chances of survival. We've all learned a lot about the Electoral College in this presidential election, but the most important lesson may be the one Dick Cheney taught us about paying attention to even the smallest chest pains...
...this is probably a moot point. Abolishing the electoral college requires the approval of thirty state legislatures, and it is extremely unlikely that the smallest 13 states would vote for something that will give them less influence," Schauer said...