The lists of words characteristic of winners and losers also reveals some interesting trends.

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These researchers gave participants lists of words, which they later tested recall of, as their memory items.

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Tolkien, he reported, would write long lists of words on the blackboard, obscuring them with his body as he droned on, then would absent-mindedly erase them without turning around.

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They outperformed 10 typical healthy older folk (average age 83) on a test that involved recalling lists of words, and they matched the performance of 14 healthy middle-aged volunteers (average age 58).

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The plans are expected to emphasise the importance of grammar, setting out exactly what children should be expected to be taught in each year of their primary schooling, as well as giving lists of words they should be able to spell.

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They looked at obesity rates and food words to create lists of low and high-obesity words.

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For many years, language manuals had provided double-column lists of correct and incorrect words.

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