Friday, June 1, 2012

Spelling bee

  • It was a monotonous, meticulous, somewhat awkward end to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But a split second after the confetti finally fell, Snigdha Nandipati, of San Diego, had her brother in her arms.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • (CNN)-- In 2001, I walked into the editorial pit of the mens magazine where I was working as an art director and saw the almost all-dude staff glued to ESPN coverage.
  • (CNN)
  • Snigdha Nandipati won almost $40,000 in prize and scholarship money when she was crowned champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and the 14-year-old says she thinks shell save it for college.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • OXON HILL, Md. -- The story of this spelling bee champion begins in the car, on the daily commute to kindergarten with father at the wheel.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Snigdha Nandipati heard a few words she didnt know during the National Spelling Bee, but never when she stepped to the microphone.
  • (Newsday)
  • CINCINNATI, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Signaling the most-dramatic development in spelling bee competition since the National Spelling Bee became a live, nationally televised celebration in 1994, The E.W.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • (CNN)-- Snigdha Nandipati, 14, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night by spelling guetapens, which means an ambush, snare or trap.
  • (CNN)
  • After sailing through tongue-twisters like tertiary, theomachy and projicent, it was the darn spelling of Liederkranz that tripped up Siddarth Kulkarni in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
  • (San Jose Mercury News)
  • A 14-year-old Philadelphian fell short Thursday night in the Championship Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. My biggest regret is that I knew the word already, Greenberg said afterward. Otherwise, I feel very happy.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)

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