Word: verbalization
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...According to a study written about by [Associate Director of Admissions] Dean K. Whitla, Harvard students show an increase of only 11 points on their verbal scores and 16 points on their math scores after taking preparatory courses," Hughes said...
...would be a serious error to underestimate the importance and scope of the issue. Conditions in these factories are nothing short of inhumane: Sweatshops subject their workers to long hours, physical and verbal abuse, unsanitary drinking water, poor-ventilation and disease-carrying parasites. They frequently employ child labor. And wages are as low as 12 cents an hour...
...blood in the Clarkson game began before play even began. During warm-ups, freshman forward Kyle Clark got into a heated verbal and shoving match with Clarkson senior defenseman Nate Strong. Both players received 10-minute misconduct penalties...
...under pressure is a rare commodity these days, especially in that debased form of infotainment known as the game show. Yes, the gallop of thundering nerds can be heard on Jeopardy!, but most shows have daters or honeymooners lewdly embarrassing each other. The mud wrestling is only verbal, but it's still a tiny step from Jerry Springer--and a long way from the stellar font of quiz shows, radio's Information, Please (1938-48), hosted by Clifton Fadiman and featuring the mordant wits Fred Allen and Oscar Levant. Back then folks tuned in to meet people cleverer than they...
Doing presto comedy is a special talent; many Whose Line players are improv veterans who have appeared on the Brit version. (And, don't ask us why, a lot of them did time in Canada.) They possess the verbal agility of the Says You! gang, but their real comic eloquence is in body language. Check out Wayne Brady's encyclopedic jive as he enacts "the history of 20th century dance in 30 seconds" or his tail wagging and panting when told he is a superhero named Playful Licking Puppy Boy. A star is born...