Word: verbalism
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...that the exam will be repeated, "seeing the test form a second time does not guarantee a score increase." (Neither does bringing a pocket dictionary.) Gams added a statistical punch to her rationale, explaining that, "On average, students who repeat the same test form tend to get one more verbal and/or one more math question correct than if they had repeated with a different form...
...some places you will get shot for a physical confrontation, in others for a verbal confrontation, sometimes for a funny look and sometimes for no reason at all," he said...
...Republic of China (PRC) spit into the Taiwan Strait, the island of Taiwan would be submerged. Infuriated by Taiwan President Lee Tung-hui's successful odyssey back to his alma mater. Cornell, communist leaders in the PRC conducted two missile tests in the summer and have launched endless verbal attacks in media. In fact, some outside observers believe them to be warning Chiang Kai-shek's heirs not to play with fire, unless they would feel comfortable swimming all the way to the United States for protection...
...insulate the comedy from the offense . But the sexual obsession and obscenities are intrinsic to Sabbath's exaggerated character as a dirty old man. There is much humor in what makes us uneasy, and Roth extracts it, as he has done for nearly 40 years, with a technique and verbal flair unmatched by his contemporaries. Sabbath the houseguest rummaging through a teenager's underwear drawer or attempting to seduce his host's wife is the sort of baggy-pants antic that a young Philip Roth probably enjoyed in Newark, New Jersey's long-gone burlesque houses. Readers may remember...
...Some readers will find the material and language too scabrous for their taste, while others will have their own reasons to cry foul. But there is much humor in what makes us uneasy, and Roth extracts it, as he has done for nearly 40 years, with a technique and verbal flair unmatched by his contemporaries...