"It doesn't surprise me because 'whatever' is in a special class, probably,"said Michael Adams, author of "Slang: The People's Poetry" and anassociate professor of English at Indiana University.

《俚语：人们的诗文》一书的作者、印地安那大学英语副教授迈克尔·亚当斯说：“我并没有感到惊讶，因为‘whatever’可能属于一类比较特殊的词。

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Sergeant First Class Joseph Denny of Franklin, Indiana (right) shakes hands with an Afghan boy during a patrol on June 6, 2010 in Rambazi, a village south of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

6月6日，在坎大哈南部Rambazi村巡逻时，印第安纳州富兰克林的陆军上士约瑟夫·丹尼(右)和一名阿富汗男孩握手。

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He was born into a working-class family in Gary, Indiana, in 1958.

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"Anyone who thought we would be doing anything together beyond the first month was mistaken, " said class member David Evans of Indiana.

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Middle-class families are allowed to participate in Indiana, while in most states, such programs are limited to low-income families or those in failing schools.

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