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Bailiwick (Middle English): Superior aptitude or experience in a particular area
...know how to go about it: “Learn the phrase ‘will you marry me’ in a really romantic language that she knows, and practice saying it over and over in a mirror. Now imagine how easy it will be in English...
Ellie L. Hylton ’13 of Wigglesworth said before the competition that she expected her peers to have an excellent command of the English language...
...love the eclecticism of the English language and how it’s showcased in a unique way,” Thampy said. “I learned more from the National Spelling Bee than from anything else I’ve done...
...second recurring note is darker. Like many other populist movements in American history, Tea Parties have become magnets for conspiracy mongers and nativists. Nashville conventioneers roared their approval when former Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo blamed Obama's election on voters who can't speak English. Because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country," Tancredo declared, Americans "put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House ... Barack Hussein Obama" - with an ominous emphasis on the President's middle name. Perhaps the most talked-about book of the convention was The 5,000 Year...