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The 2nd National Spelling Bee was held at the National Museum in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 17, 1926, sponsored by the Louisville Courier-Journal. Scripps-Howard would not sponsor the Bee until 1941. The winner was Pauline Bell, age 13, who attended a one-room schoolhouse in Clarkson, Kentucky. She correctly spelled the word cerise.
Frank Louis Neuhauser (September 29, 1913 – March 11, 2011) was an American patent lawyer and spelling bee champion, who won the first National Spelling Bee (now known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee [1]) in 1925 by successfully spelling the word "gladiolus". [1] [2] He was 11 years old when he won the spelling bee.
Sam Mehran (/ ˈ m ɜːr æ n / MUR-an; August 17, 1986 – July 28, 2018) was an American-Australian musician, songwriter, and producer who co-founded the punk band Test Icicles and later formed the solo projects Matrix Metals and Outer Limits Recordings (OLR).
The final test for Marine recruits at Parris Island is a grueling 54-hour training exercise called “The Crucible.” ... 19, who was also showing signs of difficulties, did not. He died, alone ...
In a spelling bee-type test (see spelling bee below), each student is asked individually one-at-a-time to spell a (different) specific word out loud. In a proofreading-style test, sentences or paragraphs are given to the student on one or more sheets of paper, and the student must find the incorrectly spelled words and supply the correct ...
The Miami-Dade County medical examiner reported that Duerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. [8] He sent a text message to his family saying he wanted his brain to be used for research at the Boston University School of Medicine , which is conducting research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative ...
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Prof. Vivian James Cook (13 June 1940 – 10 December 2021) was a British linguist who was Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University.. He was known for his work on second-language acquisition and second-language teaching, and for writing textbooks and popular books about linguistics.