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...randomly assigned two groups of babies to either a Baby Wordsworth or control group, then carefully tracked how many of the 30 target words highlighted in the video the babies were able to learn. The words were those that children would commonly hear around the house, such as table, ball, piano, fridge and chair. Parents were asked to evaluate how many of these words their babies understood and how many they could speak, while toddlers were tested separately for their recognition of pictures associated with the target words. Each of the 96 infants and their parents were followed...
...blame cannot be put on Willis and Morgan, though. The script, story, and directing are the equivalent of a third-grader’s art project shot with a dad’s camcorder. Kevin Smith, in all ways possible, dropped the ball. The story has absolutely no stakes, no worthwhile subplots, nor any reason for the audience to have a vested interest in what is happening on the screen. Despite its R rating and rampant profanity, “Cop Out” is a PG-13 comedy overdosed on unnecessary sex jokes and crude language. A taint...
...myriad repetitions are quite welcome. “Wrecking Ball” features distant vocals and more original songwriting based on the lyrics as a whole rather than just the chorus. The refrain very simply states, “And I’m always swinging on this wrecking ball / While you’re building up and breaking down my wall.” Although this is repeated three times throughout the song, the chorus is sung through soft background vocals, allowing the verses between each iteration to steal some of the spotlight. Indeed, those lyrics prove...
...would take the inbound pass and dribble the ball up the hardwood. When he crossed the half-court line, he’d call out a play using his free hand. Once he hit the three-point line, he would pass the ball off to one of his nearby teammates and get the offense moving. If the opponent double-teamed power forward Keith Wright or shooting guard Jeremy Lin, he would use that decision to his advantage, and he would find a way to get open. He would find his spot behind the three-point line, take a pass...
Less than three minutes after the Minutewomen’s Merritt Cosgrove knotted the score, Dal Col was able to find the back of the net. The rookie took the ball unassisted and beat UMass’s Katie Florence to retake the lead...