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Παρασκευή 31 Μαΐου 2013

New spelling champ to be chosen

                                                  
                                                                      Photos: Scripps National Spelling Bee

(CNN) -- After successfully navigating past oodles of tricky words such as "mercerize," "grobian" and "stabilimeter," fewer than four dozen schoolchildren remained in the running Thursday to be named champion of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The annual contest, which wraps up Thursday night, offers the winner a healthy dose of classroom cred, $32,500 in cash and savings bonds, a trophy and a library of reference materials.
 National Spelling Bee champions 
*National Spelling Bee champions
Forty-two participants made it through to Thursday afternoon's semifinal round, and more than 12 of them are expected to advance to the final round Thursday night.
The first elimination came with the first contestant of Thursday afternoon's session.
Arizona seventh-grader Christopher O'Connor got "pultaceous" wrong....[...]

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