Organizers also added an additional computer test for the semifinals, imposed time limits on computer-based spelling and vocabulary tests and added a rule that resulted in automatic elimination for any participant who misspelled a word on stage in the second or third rounds.

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Each code word represented a different stage of the mission: leaving Jalalabad, entering Pakistan, approaching the compound, and so on.

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Harrell never said a word, and spent much of his time at the edge of the stage.

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He then proceeded to launch into a 466-word speech, talking his way over two successive attempts to shoo him off the stage.

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But until he finished his speech and was loudly cheered off the stage by the Garden audience, no one else moved or said another word.

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As I was saying, the reason I feel comfortable using that four-letter word, love, is because the two women are doing a Valentine's Day show at Stage 72 on the Upper West Side that evening.

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Of course, we need to stress that this is just rumor at this stage -- the company offered no comment to Business Insider -- and until we get more solid word, it should be treated as such.

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