Word: scotts
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...some interesting questions. Given the 2,435,671 quotations included in the OED2, which single author wins the citation sweepstakes? Most people would guess Shakespeare, and they would be right: 33,150 times. But who comes second? Tompa's keyboard clicks away, and the answer soon appears: Sir Walter Scott...
...Walter Scott? But of course. The bulk of the new OED retains the stamp of the age in which it was born; it remains a triumph of Victorian duty and taxonomic zeal, of a century in which Scott was one of the most popular authors writing in English. Now that the text has become electronic and easier to revise, future OEDs may lose this 19th century bias. Not too soon, though, it is to be hoped. These handsome new books, containing a trove of information ! waiting to be mined, stand solidly between the past and future. They are an inexhaustible...
...Krayer 30 7 12 19 1 2 Mike Vukonich 23 10 6 16 6 12 Ed Presz 30 9 7 16 12 28 Kevan Melrose 28 2 11 13 47 116 Paul Howley 30 6 6 12 9 26 Craig Taucher 13 2 7 9 1 2 Scott McCormack 19 1 8 9 5 10 Josh Caplan 29 0 9 9 12 24 Brian McCormack 27 0 7 7 8 16 Kevin Sneddon 28 0 5 5 11 22 Brian Popiel 11 0 3 3 1 2 Rich DeFreitas 5 0 2 2 3 6 Scott Farden...
...Hobey Baker finalist Dave Capuano, Hockey East Rookie of the Year Scott Pellerin, and goaltenders Scott King and Matt Delguidice, Maine breezed to the tournament title. The NCAA rewarded its efforts with the number-one seed in the East and a first-round...
...after Harvard's uninspired first-half performance, Crimson Coach Scott Anderson kept his squad outside while the Eagles took refuge in their heated locker room...