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In the early 1950s, Mike Nichols wrote the following announcer test for radio station WFMT in Chicago. The WFMT announcer's lot is not a happy one. In addition to uttering the sibilant, mellifluous cadences of such cacophonous sounds as Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Carl Schuricht, Nicanor Zabaleta, Hans Knappertsbusch and the Hammerklavier Sonata, he must thread his vocal way through the ...
Jordan Tartakow as Chickenhare, a half-hare and half-chicken who aspires to be an adventurer; Joey Lotsko as Abe, a sarcastic Galápagos tortoise who is Chickenhare's servant and best friend; Laila Berzins as Meg, a martial artist striped skunk and expert adventurer who offers to guide Chickenhare and Abe on their quest
The title of the study says it all "The Autopsy of Chicken Nuggets Reads 'Chicken Little.'" Researchers preserved chicken nuggets from two fast food chains in Jackson, Mississippi.
Approximately half of these items relate to specific factual content, while the other half are more inferential in nature. A total reading score is derived by summing the Vocabulary score with the Comprehension score. (The latter score is doubled so as to compensate for the larger number of items on the first subtest.)
Mississippi's reading test scores showed that its educational policies were spectacularly successful, triggering news reports of a 'miracle.' But it was a statistical illusion.
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is a common riddle joke with the answer being "To get to the other side." It is commonly seen as an example of anti-humor , in that the curious setup of the joke leads the listener to expect a traditional punchline, but they are instead given a simple statement of fact.
Editor’s choice: The best 5 recipes to try from Quick & Cozy. Along with my beautiful at-home testers, my husband and my 14-month-old, we tested a handful of recipes from “Half-Baked Harvest ...
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