The only open question is whether the word of mouth swearing its the most gruesome and stomach-churning R-rated horror film in recent memory helps or hinders word of mouth.

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My grandmother, bored by inactivity within weeks of the move, created a job for herself at a commuter college in Sarasota, teaching Russian literature to tanned students who seem (based on my one classroom visit) constantly alarmed by her profanity, her heavy sarcasm, and her word-perfect memory of Pushkin's verse.

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Other studies, like the one highlighted in this New Scientist article, have found that some aspects of memory seem to be improved by chewing gum, particularly immediate and delayed word recall, while others are not.

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Mr McNeill, 43, who also planted a flag for Cancer Research UK in memory of his father-in-law said there was not one cross word during their 28-day trek across the ice, before being picked up by an aircraft and whisked back to base camp.

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One man with a mental age of nine has a vast memory for foreign words and the use of grammatical endings, but he cannot seem to break free of English word-order.

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If you're absolutely certain you're going to run only text-based word processors or spreadsheets on an IBM-compatible, or simple word processors and spreadsheets on a Mac, you can settle for a basic box with one megabyte of memory and a 40-megabyte hard drive.

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