Word: verbalism
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...next night, just before she was to deliver her lines, she showed me her speech, which had been vetted by the Governor and Hatch. Full of platitudes about their education system, it was almost as dorky as North Dakota's bragging about having the country's "highest verbal and math SAT scores." I was hoping Montana would walk over and beat the crap out of North Dakota...
...during his five-year tenure in Austin than any other governor in the nation since capital punishment was reinstated, has made his support for executing mentally retarded inmates clear. In 1995, the newly minted governor rejected a clemency plea from lawyers for Mario Marquez, a mentally retarded adult whose verbal and reasoning skills were comparable to those of a 7-year-old child...
...good drama playing at my local theater." Instead, I had to say "movies" (pause), "Upper West Side" (pause), "drama" (pause). Then, after listening to a long list of films, I had to bark out more commands to get show times. Speaking like a robot and getting lost in a verbal maze was so annoying I was forced more than once to hang...
...TONY BLAIR: His simplified handwriting (no extra strokes) shows a facile mind and excellent social skills. He has a high degree of intellectual and verbal acuity and a good sense of humor...
...caller reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) that two individuals were involved in a fight. Officers arrived and found two chess players having a verbal argument. Peace was restored...