Word: alphabet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York, psychologists reported the discovery of a 7-year-old boy with an intelligence quotient of 196, nine less than Einstein's, ten more than Darwin's. At the age of 18 mo. the prodigy, referred to only as "K," could converse fluently. At 20 mo., he knew the alphabet. Taken to the psychologist, K discussed the economics of the sales tax, explained how, given a 3-qt. and a 5-qt. pail, he could draw 7 qt. of water, asked his examiners whether they preferred his signature "printed or cursive." K reads on the average a book...
...mentions several methods of dealing with dyslexia cases which have been used with moderate success. Among them is the system employed by Hinshelwood, an English physician, who first dealt with a number of these cases by resorting to the discarded alphabet method of learning to read by spelling out the words orally. This, Dr. Dearborn says, at least guaranteed the right direction of eye movements and their correlation with a sequence of letter sounds. For older children, typewriting has been utilized. This has the merit of being a bi-manual activity, and is thus suited to the ambi-dextrous...
...Roosevelt and Governor Lehman were spoken for the audience (hearers), wigwagged for the "optience" (seers). Senator Copeland and Mayor LaGuardia had the novel experience of addressing a crowd which neither heard nor heeded them but kept its eyes glued on a man who gave a running interpretation in manual alphabet-sign language...
...their war over the Holy Ghost; the hit-or-miss conversations between a visiting Englishman and the squire's sister (carried on largely, out of politeness to the guest's linguistic shortcomings, in peasant profanity). In a rousingly successful benefit concert the final number was an extempore alphabet duet by the two drunken principals: "Com-ing to the letter Q, Vendt began to show signs of emotion; his mood was contagious and even the druggist was soon deeply touched. At the back of the house their audience was moaning with laughter. The singers were giving of their best...
...Tsar Boris and Tsaritsa loanna, most impoverished of European royalties. At all events it has proved a highly popular habit with their subjects. In Sofia again loanna went with Boris to the gold-domed Alexander Nevski Cathedral to honor Saint Cyril who helped to invent the Cyrillic (Modified Greek) alphabet. All in a row before the cathedral stood the Cabinet of the new Premier, Kimon Gueorguieff. Crowds regarded the Cabinet coolly, but a roar like a rolling breaker followed the progress of the Tsar and his Queen from the palace to the cathedral and back again...