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Vowel-Consonant Patterns (Part 1), Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

In Vowel-Consonant Patterns (Word Ways 77221), Philip Cohen presented a list of words based on 125 of the possible 128 (2^7) 7-letter vowel-consonant (V-C) patterns. Somewhat belatedly, this has inspired me to undertake similar exercises for 8-letter words and 9-letter words. As Cohen's article appeared more than 25 years ago, before most of us were acquainted with Word Ways, I have also taken the liberty of repeating his 7-letter exercise, using different words wherever appropriate. Part 1 considers 7- and 8-letter words; Part 2 considers 9-letter words, and also analyses the patterns with regard to the number of words they …

The Alphabet Cube And Beyond, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

Two-letter words can be plotted as points on a two-dimensional plane. The first letter of a two-letter word is plotted against the x-axis, and the second letter is plotted against the y-axis. Along the x-axis, x=1 is equivalent to the letter A, x=2 is equivalent to the letter B, and so on, with x=26 being equivalent to the letter Z. Similarly, plot the second letter of a word on the y-axis, with y=1 equivalent to A, y=2 equivalent to B, etc. So, for example, take the two-letter word HE. The H corresponds to x=8 and the E corresponds to y=5. …

New Record Pangrammatic Windows, Mike Keith

Word Ways

Most readers of Word Ways are familiar with the "accidental pangram" problem, which is to find a short 'window' (block of contiguous text) in published text that, but accident rather than deliberation, contains each letter of the alphabet at least once. The record for the shortest known accidental pangram in English has stood for 95 years, as it was reported in print by A. Cyril Pearson in The Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book, published in 1907. It is from The Beth Book, a popular 1897 novel by Sarah Grand (republished as recently as 1980 by The Dial Press).

Some Superior Ten-Squares, Rex Gooch

Word Ways

The following squares are, in my view, the approximate equal, or superior of, the square published as My First Ten-Square (Word Ways August 2002). I invite readers to form their own views as to the relative merits of the three squares below and the August one. I give my own views inverted at the end of the article.

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.

Sesquipedalianists, Seek No Longer, Peter Delin

Word Ways

Most actual and incipient logologists seem to pass through of being fascinated by long words, and raising such questions as what is the longest word in English or American. One reason for the eventual passing of this phase, for most of us, is the eventual realization of the fact that, as it is by no means simple to decide what counts as a word.

Ladder Words, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

PERVERSER, HASHISHES and INSINKING are examples of what I call Ladder Words. Each word is a self-contained ladder (PER-VER-SET, HAS-HIS-HES, INS-INK-ING) in which each trigram (3-letter group) differs from its trigram neighbour(s) by a single letter, just as do the words in a word ladder. All the examples of ladder words below are either solid words or hyphenated words. Hyphens are not shown. All 3 trigramism must be different, so that GONGOLGON (in New South Wales) is not acceptable. A few words of this genre appeared in Colloquy 98116 and these are identified in the lists below by an asterisk*. …

Kickshaws

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

Shiftgrams Revisited, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

The concept of word-shifts was introduced in Dmitri Borgmann's Language on Vacation (1965). Consider the word COLD for instance. Shifting each of the letters three spaces forward in the alphabet, COLD becomes FROG: and shifting the letters of CHEER seven spaces forward produces JOLLY. Dmitri offered many other examples in his book.

Info: November 2002, Seattle University Law Library

Law Library Newsletters

•People in the News
•Conference Attendance
•Library Donation Programs
•New Databases
•Faculty Bibliography
•New & Notable

G. G. Craig, Western's Master Penman, Lynn E. Niedermeier

WKU History

Gavin G. Craig (1896-1976) joined the faculty of the Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) in 1922 and taught penmanship there for more than forty years. He also gave instruction to the public by mail, grading his correspondents’ work according to his own Advanced Handwriting Scale.

Faculty Focus, November 2002, Vol. 2 No. 2, California State University, Monterey Bay

Faculty Focus

PGCC and Faculty Together Support Student Mental Health -- What's New in the Colleges? -- Let Students Show What They Know -- Ongoing Race in the Classroom Series -- One Step Closer to Initial Accreditation -- Formative and Summative Assessment as Learning -- Recent Faculty Scholarship -- How do Institutes Use Best Practices in Assessment for Student Learning? -- Faculty Study Courses in Alignment Project -- Online Learning Program Discussed at TLTR

Ua11/1 Echo, November, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created for WKU faculty and staff.

Members In Education, November 2002, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Island Times, Nov 2002, Mary Lou Wendell, David Tyler

Island Times Newspaper, 2002

Island Times was founded by publishers Mary Lou Wendell and David Tyler to report on community news, to promote the exchange of ideas, and to "keep an eye on City Hall." (from the debut issue, July 2002)

Peaks Island Star : November 2002, Vol. 22, Issue 11, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2002

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

Accomplishing Access Management On The Fihs: The Us 27 Corridor In Ocala/Marion County, Robert Frey, Kristine M. Williams, Irene Nikitopoulos

Transportation Planning, Policy, and Processes (TP3) Final Reports

US Highway 27 is a major north-south highway that originates in South Florida and crosses the Florida/Georgia state line north of Tallahassee. US 27 is a direct route to Tallahassee from Central Florida. It also provides tourists access to the region’s famous horse farms and natural recreation areas. Due to its importance to regional mobility and the state economy, US 27 carries the Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIHS) designation. The FIHS is a system of limited access (freeways) and controlled access (at- grade arterials) roadways that allow for high-speed and high-volume traffic movement within the state.

The Deaf Catholic, November-December 2002

ICDA The Deaf Catholic

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA The Deaf CatholicFinding Aid

V. 70, Issue 5, November 1, 2002

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter, November 2002-January 2003

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Portland, OR

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter Finding Aid

Alumni Bulletin, Volume 6, Number 3, Office Of Alumni Relations

Alumni Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Courier, Volume 36, Issue 5, November 1, 2002, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Mold Concern Continues

Naperville Vote Counts

A Night Of ‘Prospects For Peace’

Anti War Rally

Bonds To Fund Facilities Master Plan

College Of DuPage Referendums 2002–Building For The Future

Gorilla Raises Awareness About Referendum

People:

Adam Honiotes

The Roles Of Companions In Geriatric Patient–Interdisciplinary Oncology Team Interactions, Laura L. Ellingson

Gender and Sexuality Studies

This study examined companions' roles in interactions between patients and interdisciplinary geriatric oncology team members. Companions' roles identified include memory aid, emotional support, transcriber, aid in decision making, companionship, elaboration, advocate for patient, and interpreter. Specific patterns of variability of roles across team member disciplines include relatively passive companions who performed more active roles with physician, relatively active companions who performed more passive roles with physician, and relatively passive companions who performed more active roles when particular topics were raised, regardless of team discipline. Two patterns of stability across interactions emerged: consistently active or passive.

Third Place, Elizabeth Ames, Jack Chen

David E. Snodgrass Moot Court Competition

No abstract provided.

Reporter - November 1st 2002, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

19th Annual Reception Bibliography, 2001-2002, Leonard H. Axe Library

Bibliographies

Since 1984, Leonard H. Axe Library at Pittsburg State University has honored book authors and other creators for their outstanding scholarship and contributions to their fields.

Homosexuality In India: Past And Present, Ruth Vanita

Global Humanities and Religions Faculty Publications

When I was active in the women’s movement in Delhi from 1978 to 1990 as founding coeditor of Manushi, India’s first feminist journal, homosexuality was rarely if ever discussed in left-wing, civil rights, or women’s movements, or at Delhi University, where I taught. Among the earliest newspaper reports I saw on the subject were those about female couples committing suicide, leaving behind notes declaring their undying love. In 1987, the wedding of two female police constables, Leela and Urmila, in central India, made national headlines and led to a debate on lesbianism. The women married each other outside the ambit …

Discrete Singular Convolution And Its Application To The Analysis Of Plates With Internal Supports. Part 1: Theory And Algorithm, G. W. Wei, Yibao Zhao, Y. Xiang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper presents a novel computational approach, the discrete singular convolution (DSC) algorithm, for analysing plate structures. The basic philosophy behind the DSC algorithm for the approximation of functions and their derivatives is studied. Approximations to the delta distribution are constructed as either bandlimited reproducing kernels or approximate reproducing kernels. Unified features of the DSC algorithm for solving differential equations are explored. It is demonstrated that different methods of implementation for the present algorithm, such as global, local, Galerkin, collocation, and finite difference, can be deduced from a single starting point. The use of the algorithm for the vibration analysis …

The Choice Between Joint Venture And Wholly Owned Subsidiary: An Institutional Perspective, Daphne W. Yiu, Shige Makino

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The study of foreign entry-mode choice has been based almost exclusively on transaction-cost theory. This theory focuses mainly on the impacts of firm- and industry-specific factors on the choice of entry mode, taking the effects of country-specific contextual factors as constant or less important. In contrast, the institutional perspective emphasizes the importance of the influence of both institutional forces embedded in national environments and decision makers' cognitive constraints on the founding conditions of new ventures. Still, this theoretical perspective has yet to provide insights into how institutional factors influence the choice of foreign entry mode. The primary goal of the …

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2002.11, University Of San Diego Office Of Communications And Marketing

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.