Word: repeats
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Although Lewis may have wanted to come backfrom the nationals and repeat his statechampionship, Alabama typing amateurs were pleasedthat he would never compete again. Under theofficial regulations of the state tournament,former champions are forbidden from competing fora second time
...Index of Irrational Expectations, a quantification of the collective wrongheadedness of the stock market. Harvard technocrat Montgomery Marvin, known for his seminal study of refrigerator pricing, invents IRAT and becomes exceedingly rich. He thus affronts the self-satisfied Cambridge community, where "no one has ever been known to repeat what he or she has heard at a party, only what he or she has said." This is the mandarin author's slyest satire...
...will be not just a facilitator of talks but a central figure in negotiating a new South African constitution. "His stature and qualities are quite clear to anybody who has ever talked with him," said Viljoen. At the same time, he said, if the A.N.C. does no more than repeat its preconditions and demands, that would "raise a question mark about their seriousness, their commitment and their integrity...
Next, let's peer into the dining hall-- any dining hall. Wait, look upon those heads. Are they dunce caps? Are they beanies? NO! They are baseball hats that dot the dining hall like the little beacons of no-home-training which they represent. You do not, I repeat, you do not wear hats at the table. Not only is that inconsiderate to your neighbors, but it is extremely barbaric...
...repeat performance, Harvard Coach Peter Roby must find a way to dictate the pace of the game. The Crimson has played an up-tempo, fast-break style all season, which led to blowout losses at Duke and Nebraska but then to wins over Yale and Dartmouth. Meanwhile, the Tigers have played a much more deliberate game, twice holding Ivy rivals to under 40 points and Big Ten power Michigan State to just 51 (in a two-point loss...