Word: verbally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
...diaries and other prized possessions under mattresses or in trunks to keep snoopy little sisters from prying. Newcomer Girl Tech is offering some electronic alternatives. Its Password Journal locks with the sound of the owner's voice. And the Door Pass sticks onto a bedroom door and requests a verbal password each time it detects motion outside. If the voice doesn't match the one stored in memory, it blinks to indicate that an intruder may have entered the room while its owner was out. Each product costs...
According to information released by the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, over 1,900 of the applicants had perfect scores on their verbal SATs, and nearly 2,600 were valedictorians of their classes...
Among their more striking conclusions: The test has triple the degree of error of the SAT's; there is great variance between the writing and reading scores of some candidates (an unusual result, since both sections are supposed to measure verbal skills); and finally, there are remarkably inconsistent scores from those who took the test twice. Add to these findings the reports from some test-takers that the administration of the exam was disorganized and inconsistent, and it would seem worth re-evaluating this exam by actually seeing what it looks like...