For the first time, participants had to demonstrate proficiency in vocabulary in addition to spelling.
It's a small change in vocabulary, but it can have a big impact on our futures.
It survived the fall of Rome remarkably well and continued with some small changes in vocabulary into the Middle Ages.
Yet a January 2010 Impact Study by the federal Department of Health and Human Services that compared Head Start participants to a control group found that virtually all gains in vocabulary, math, and other skills realized by Head Start children had dissipated by the time the students completed the third grade.
Prove the efficacy of your idea in the vocabulary and currency of your organization.
Much of this comes in the language of the game, in the syntax of grips and spins, and in the vocabulary of volleys and lobs.
"He does not take no for an answer and the word impossible is not in his vocabulary, " says Akel Bitaji, chief commissioner of the Aqaba Special Economic Authority.
Moreover, smart rejectionists long ago grasped the need to speak to the world at large in the vocabulary of liberal democracy even (especially) when one's aims are belligerent and illiberal.
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We discussed that question with Melissa Ede, who describes herself as a transgender woman, and has signed up as a contender to be selected for the Mars One mission - "failure isn't in my vocabulary", she told us before the webcast.
How do you recognize something that is not in the known vocabulary of your emotions?
He and others spoke of a new "v" word in the GOP vocabulary.
The term "subprime" has yet to enter the vocabulary in Brazil, where home buyers traditionally borrowed from relatives and paid cash.
She hopes the extra time will help bring students up to their grade level in reading, vocabulary, math, science and life skills.
Although it appeals both to Mr Lilley and to Daniel Finkelstein, who heads the party's research office, there are other influential Tories who fear that too big a shift in ideas or vocabulary will destroy what little support the party has retained.
In the Victorian age, it took a small army of volunteer readers twenty years to amass the 3.5 million citation slips illustrating the usage of all the words in the English vocabulary that were used to prepare the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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And nearly one in three five-year-olds were not yet beginning to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting, for example "add", "take away" and "how many".
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Kumiodori plays a central role in preserving ancient Okinawan vocabulary as well as transmitting literature, performing arts, history and ethics.
As well as being used to evaluate the performance of agents, Mr Eilam says, word-spotting systems can also provide valuable insights about what callers think about a particular product, and how their vocabulary changes in response to advertising campaigns, recalls and publicity stunts.
Profit, though, was not a word in Mr Semichastny's vocabulary.
The vocabulary tests were administered in a quiet room away from the glare of the onstage parts of the bee.
Those applicants, he says, haven't studied trigonometry, "esoteric" vocabulary or grammar rules in years, nor do they have the time to do so now.
Venables: Were there any restrictions on the vocabulary you could use in the game, for example avoiding certain references to sacred observances, ceremonies and traditions?
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Verbal and written expression is often taken for granted, as though it magically appeared at some point in time with an already vast vocabulary and set syntax.
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This is otherwise a hugely winning vehicle, with a lot of smart cabin details and premium materials all wrought in Ford's current design vocabulary, a sort of low-key, friendly futurism.
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Also, after hardly budging in the first half of the 20th century, the English vocabulary expanded at a rate of 8, 500 words a year in the second half, leading to a 70% increase in its size since 1950 (see chart).
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