As Viktor Navorski, a stolid, jazz-loving bachelor from Eastern Europe, Tom Hanks speaks only a few words of English and walks with his feet turned out in a rapid waddle.

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The evolution of healthcare is pushing to have physicians engage technology to do tasks that were previously done for them with only a few words of direction or a hastily scribbled (often illegible) note.

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Perenchio speaks only a few words of Spanish.

FORBES: Viva la Television!

This despite the fact that he only spoke a few words of English - "toilet, football, hello and goodbye, " he said - when he moved to the UK a year ago.

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It seems you only need a few dozen words.

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The timing of these words -- only a few days after the launch of Zune -- would be the most surprising aspect of his speech were it not for Gates' later musings on Microsoft's aim with the Zune.

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Muttering just a few choice words, I rebooted, only to blue screen again.

ENGADGET: Entelligence: Stains on the sleeve of my operating system