Word: steven
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...After Steven Purugganan broke the world record at last year's championship by up- and down-stacking six pyramids in just over six seconds, the 11-year-old from Longmeadow, Mass., garnered an endorsement deal from McDonald's. And when he clocked in at 5.93 sec. at a regional tournament in January, fellow stackers started sending him YouTube videos of their routines, asking for his advice. "I tell them to keep a light grip, that you need to practice like any other sport, working to get faster every single day," he says...
...fact that it is a gateway drug to more lethal and addictive substances like cocaine and heroin. We need stronger laws and harsher penalties for those who buy, sell or use it, as well as a continued education campaign about why smoking pot is both harmful and dangerous. Steven Glass, oyster...
...Whatever the solution, the time to act is now. With Steven Chu, the U.S. secretary of energy, speaking at the upcoming Commencement ceremonies, Harvard should ensure that we are green in as many aspects as possible. After all, we wouldn’t want to disappoint Steven Chu. But, more importantly, we wouldn’t want to disappoint the earth...
...trimmed dramatically due to the appearance of words that not even Microsoft Word’s spellcheck could comprehend, such as fomites, skookum, and sialogogue. By this point, the number of contestants was reduced to four: Mass. Hall’s Athena L. Lao, Greenough’s Steven N. Maheshwary, Richard C. Alt of Matthews, and Pennypacker’s Ryan D. Smith. All four contestants spelled their words incorrectly in the initial segment of the final round. Lao then spelled two words in a row correctly, ending the first annual Freshman Spelling Bee with a flawless spelling...
...Cambridge Police Department is investigating the incident because it did not occur on Harvard University property. HUPD sent a community advisory e-mail yesterday morning to all students, faculty, and staff at Harvard’s Cambridge Campus, and to some at the Longwood campus, according to HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano. The e-mail is the second of its kind to be sent out this week, before which no advisories had been sent out since September. Students expressed concern about the recent crimes on campus. “There’s certainly reason to be vigiliant and aware...