Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
110.93 |
1.0682 |
0.1743 |
266 |
7 |
90.17 |
2008-11-19 |
2. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
110.80 |
1.0590 |
0.1799 |
250 |
9 |
90.55 |
2008-11-20 |
3. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
106.76 |
1.0476 |
0.1375 |
110 |
2 |
89.93 |
2008-11-20 |
4. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
105.46 |
1.0543 |
0.1279 |
360 |
11 |
87.27 |
2008-11-19 |
5. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
105.10 |
1.0901 |
0.0878 |
288 |
8 |
96.81 |
2008-11-19 |
6. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
105.00 |
1.0197 |
0.1532 |
204 |
8 |
91.82 |
2008-11-16 |
7. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
104.31 |
0.9981 |
0.1680 |
211 |
4 |
90.77 |
2008-11-20 |
8. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
103.75 |
1.0777 |
0.0809 |
226 |
2 |
93.93 |
2008-11-12 |
9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
103.40 |
1.0873 |
0.0664 |
243 |
4 |
89.65 |
2008-11-18 |
10. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
103.25 |
1.0576 |
0.0946 |
231 |
7 |
88.17 |
2008-11-20 |
11. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
102.93 |
1.1070 |
0.0433 |
265 |
4 |
98.61 |
2008-11-18 |
12. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
102.44 |
1.0567 |
0.0889 |
314 |
5 |
88.63 |
2008-11-20 |
13. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
102.40 |
1.0332 |
0.1117 |
267 |
4 |
87.92 |
2008-11-20 |
14. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
102.32 |
1.0481 |
0.0888 |
255 |
7 |
89.93 |
2008-11-14 |
15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
102.04 |
1.0881 |
0.0494 |
210 |
4 |
90.48 |
2008-11-19 |
16. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
101.87 |
1.0333 |
0.1011 |
176 |
5 |
90.28 |
2008-11-12 |
17. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
101.70 |
1.0686 |
0.0726 |
354 |
7 |
92.11 |
2008-11-19 |
18. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
101.68 |
1.0529 |
0.0871 |
373 |
7 |
88.26 |
2008-11-21 |
19. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
101.66 |
0.9915 |
0.1448 |
281 |
7 |
83.05 |
2008-11-20 |
20. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
101.59 |
1.0106 |
0.1248 |
302 |
7 |
91.82 |
2008-11-20 |
21. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
101.20 |
1.0498 |
0.0834 |
261 |
4 |
96.65 |
2008-11-13 |
22. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
101.12 |
1.0432 |
0.0885 |
276 |
3 |
97.63 |
2008-11-13 |
23. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
100.77 |
0.9704 |
0.1568 |
254 |
4 |
84.06 |
2008-11-14 |
24. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
100.29 |
1.0607 |
0.0639 |
357 |
4 |
90.11 |
2008-11-15 |
25. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
100.17 |
0.9839 |
0.1363 |
308 |
5 |
84.33 |
2008-11-19 |
26. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
99.90 |
1.0540 |
0.0584 |
184 |
5 |
88.86 |
2008-11-10 |
27. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
99.75 |
1.0042 |
0.1077 |
168 |
3 |
80.22 |
2008-11-17 |
28. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
99.61 |
1.0506 |
0.0631 |
259 |
3 |
91.10 |
2008-11-01 |
29. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
99.46 |
0.9869 |
0.1219 |
193 |
3 |
87.61 |
2008-11-17 |
30. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
99.42 |
1.0272 |
0.0827 |
226 |
4 |
89.85 |
2008-11-20 |
31. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
99.25 |
1.0561 |
0.0521 |
227 |
6 |
91.79 |
2008-11-14 |
32. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
99.13 |
1.0960 |
0.0168 |
315 |
2 |
93.92 |
2008-11-14 |
33. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
98.39 |
1.0351 |
0.0692 |
276 |
5 |
86.62 |
2008-11-17 |
34. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
98.25 |
1.0181 |
0.0820 |
276 |
10 |
85.40 |
2008-11-21 |
35. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
98.04 |
1.0472 |
0.0429 |
149 |
5 |
88.35 |
2008-11-19 |
36. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
97.59 |
1.0672 |
0.0230 |
239 |
1 |
97.59 |
2008-11-12 |
37. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
97.58 |
1.0638 |
0.0255 |
247 |
5 |
91.52 |
2008-11-15 |
38. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
97.26 |
1.0601 |
0.0244 |
256 |
5 |
90.10 |
2008-11-17 |
39. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
97.19 |
1.0461 |
0.0430 |
318 |
3 |
89.59 |
2008-11-16 |
40. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
97.16 |
1.0743 |
0.0133 |
297 |
6 |
86.89 |
2008-11-20 |
41. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
97.16 |
0.9966 |
0.0971 |
377 |
5 |
84.39 |
2008-11-21 |
42. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
96.94 |
1.0227 |
0.0675 |
378 |
5 |
82.45 |
2008-11-14 |
43. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
96.82 |
1.0341 |
0.0480 |
273 |
6 |
84.46 |
2008-11-16 |
44. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
96.80 |
1.0639 |
0.0197 |
303 |
1 |
96.80 |
2008-10-30 |
45. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
96.79 |
1.1198 |
-0.0384 |
247 |
3 |
93.98 |
2008-11-20 |
46. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
96.60 |
1.1086 |
-0.0279 |
233 |
7 |
90.39 |
2008-11-19 |
47. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
96.54 |
1.0165 |
0.0623 |
316 |
3 |
89.05 |
2008-11-12 |
48. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
96.48 |
1.0600 |
0.0192 |
351 |
5 |
90.82 |
2008-11-19 |
49. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
96.36 |
0.9917 |
0.0880 |
317 |
4 |
83.18 |
2008-11-20 |
50. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
96.21 |
1.0521 |
0.0182 |
197 |
5 |
89.93 |
2008-11-11 |
51. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
96.17 |
1.0877 |
-0.0157 |
129 |
6 |
85.63 |
2008-11-20 |
52. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
95.85 |
1.0588 |
0.0131 |
281 |
4 |
93.93 |
2008-11-14 |
53. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
95.84 |
0.9931 |
0.0747 |
218 |
7 |
81.21 |
2008-11-20 |
54. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
95.82 |
1.0006 |
0.0709 |
311 |
6 |
87.38 |
2008-11-17 |
55. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
95.68 |
0.9631 |
0.1063 |
273 |
6 |
84.30 |
2008-11-20 |
56. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
95.64 |
1.0057 |
0.0667 |
382 |
7 |
88.26 |
2008-11-17 |
57. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
95.63 |
1.0208 |
0.0484 |
231 |
2 |
87.26 |
2008-11-18 |
58. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
95.46 |
0.9787 |
0.0921 |
364 |
5 |
87.09 |
2008-11-21 |
59. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
95.43 |
0.9927 |
0.0711 |
234 |
2 |
83.22 |
2008-11-13 |
60. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
95.27 |
1.0414 |
0.0230 |
234 |
3 |
88.42 |
2008-11-21 |
61. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
95.03 |
1.0511 |
0.0133 |
252 |
4 |
82.88 |
2008-11-10 |
62. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
94.93 |
1.0334 |
0.0275 |
261 |
4 |
88.76 |
2008-11-20 |
63. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
94.87 |
1.0418 |
0.0198 |
214 |
7 |
85.63 |
2008-11-19 |
64. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
94.44 |
0.9810 |
0.0800 |
362 |
7 |
86.37 |
2008-11-20 |
65. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
94.41 |
1.0411 |
0.0163 |
341 |
7 |
89.47 |
2008-11-20 |
66. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
94.40 |
1.0867 |
-0.0356 |
171 |
5 |
84.13 |
2008-11-13 |
67. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
94.22 |
1.0264 |
0.0229 |
191 |
4 |
88.31 |
2008-11-16 |
68. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
94.07 |
1.0060 |
0.0465 |
225 |
4 |
87.13 |
2008-11-16 |
69. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
94.04 |
0.9681 |
0.0890 |
392 |
7 |
83.26 |
2008-11-21 |
70. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
93.71 |
1.0479 |
-0.0018 |
205 |
5 |
81.05 |
2008-11-20 |
71. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
93.61 |
0.9713 |
0.0739 |
193 |
5 |
83.35 |
2008-11-17 |
72. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
93.51 |
1.0676 |
-0.0175 |
456 |
4 |
89.44 |
2008-11-06 |
73. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
93.48 |
1.0628 |
-0.0156 |
363 |
4 |
84.90 |
2008-11-14 |
74. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
93.42 |
1.0800 |
-0.0384 |
213 |
3 |
90.51 |
2008-11-20 |
75. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
93.42 |
1.0178 |
0.0250 |
207 |
3 |
91.93 |
2008-11-20 |
76. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
93.38 |
1.0291 |
0.0128 |
240 |
3 |
89.70 |
2008-11-14 |
77. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
93.34 |
0.9698 |
0.0788 |
389 |
3 |
87.71 |
2008-11-14 |
78. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
93.05 |
1.0086 |
0.0274 |
218 |
5 |
83.87 |
2008-11-21 |
79. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
93.04 |
1.0095 |
0.0293 |
211 |
3 |
85.32 |
2008-11-12 |
80. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
93.02 |
0.9183 |
0.1226 |
308 |
1 |
93.02 |
2008-10-30 |
81. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
92.79 |
1.0035 |
0.0345 |
310 |
5 |
84.88 |
2008-11-21 |
82. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
92.71 |
0.9519 |
0.0885 |
323 |
4 |
83.24 |
2008-11-21 |
83. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
92.53 |
1.0557 |
-0.0200 |
289 |
5 |
83.57 |
2008-11-21 |
84. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
92.52 |
1.0101 |
0.0261 |
336 |
3 |
86.64 |
2008-11-01 |
85. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
92.34 |
0.9756 |
0.0560 |
223 |
3 |
89.01 |
2008-11-14 |
86. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
92.30 |
1.0800 |
-0.0551 |
129 |
2 |
79.58 |
2008-11-01 |
87. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
92.15 |
1.0079 |
0.0213 |
273 |
1 |
92.15 |
2008-11-14 |
88. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
92.14 |
0.9703 |
0.0664 |
394 |
8 |
77.39 |
2008-11-20 |
89. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
91.79 |
0.9866 |
0.0400 |
308 |
5 |
83.44 |
2008-11-20 |
90. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
91.70 |
1.0250 |
0.0030 |
271 |
3 |
87.06 |
2008-11-19 |
91. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
91.64 |
1.0654 |
-0.0434 |
247 |
4 |
85.81 |
2008-11-21 |
92. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
91.62 |
1.0125 |
0.0068 |
171 |
5 |
79.71 |
2008-11-18 |
93. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
91.56 |
1.0865 |
-0.0631 |
237 |
3 |
88.01 |
2008-11-19 |
94. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
91.46 |
0.9780 |
0.0382 |
173 |
8 |
80.83 |
2008-11-21 |
95. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
91.44 |
0.9996 |
0.0301 |
483 |
5 |
86.31 |
2008-11-14 |
96. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
91.22 |
0.9561 |
0.0652 |
362 |
5 |
82.98 |
2008-11-17 |
97. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
91.20 |
0.9271 |
0.0949 |
323 |
5 |
78.99 |
2008-11-21 |
98. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
91.20 |
1.0288 |
-0.0140 |
166 |
4 |
81.66 |
2008-11-12 |
99. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
91.14 |
1.0615 |
-0.0457 |
201 |
3 |
89.37 |
2008-11-21 |
100. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
90.78 |
1.0033 |
0.0118 |
203 |
5 |
80.25 |
2008-11-16 |
101. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
90.75 |
1.0495 |
-0.0355 |
323 |
2 |
85.34 |
2008-11-06 |
102. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
90.71 |
1.0466 |
-0.0330 |
230 |
5 |
81.29 |
2008-11-20 |
103. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
90.52 |
0.9206 |
0.0918 |
317 |
5 |
80.97 |
2008-11-17 |
104. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
90.34 |
0.9963 |
0.0111 |
274 |
6 |
82.05 |
2008-11-20 |
105. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
90.10 |
0.9885 |
0.0253 |
469 |
4 |
84.60 |
2008-11-19 |
106. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
89.91 |
1.0132 |
-0.0076 |
371 |
5 |
85.50 |
2008-11-13 |
107. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
89.83 |
1.0669 |
-0.0596 |
379 |
3 |
86.26 |
2008-11-20 |
108. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
89.82 |
0.9740 |
0.0333 |
371 |
6 |
82.09 |
2008-11-10 |
109. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
89.69 |
0.9922 |
0.0109 |
264 |
4 |
83.80 |
2008-11-17 |
110. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
89.52 |
0.9836 |
0.0171 |
289 |
6 |
84.56 |
2008-11-21 |
111. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
89.47 |
1.1093 |
-0.1148 |
220 |
2 |
89.34 |
2008-11-10 |
112. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
89.44 |
0.9680 |
0.0318 |
256 |
7 |
80.80 |
2008-11-21 |
113. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
89.38 |
0.9909 |
0.0127 |
293 |
4 |
84.63 |
2008-11-21 |
114. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
89.36 |
0.9809 |
0.0140 |
209 |
4 |
86.21 |
2008-11-21 |
115. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
89.26 |
0.9807 |
0.0054 |
129 |
5 |
79.23 |
2008-11-21 |
116. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
89.25 |
0.9762 |
0.0214 |
249 |
4 |
81.91 |
2008-11-20 |
117. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
89.23 |
0.9422 |
0.0501 |
190 |
3 |
82.96 |
2008-11-13 |
118. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
89.19 |
0.9541 |
0.0434 |
236 |
3 |
83.12 |
2008-11-20 |
119. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
89.08 |
0.9265 |
0.0681 |
254 |
5 |
80.09 |
2008-11-21 |
120. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
89.04 |
0.9736 |
0.0287 |
378 |
3 |
82.69 |
2008-11-16 |
121. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
88.98 |
1.0462 |
-0.0487 |
340 |
2 |
88.91 |
2008-11-14 |
122. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
88.70 |
1.0189 |
-0.0281 |
290 |
4 |
79.29 |
2008-11-17 |
123. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
88.64 |
0.9673 |
0.0273 |
393 |
7 |
79.60 |
2008-11-18 |
124. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
88.63 |
1.0582 |
-0.0707 |
180 |
4 |
81.60 |
2008-11-12 |
125. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
88.59 |
1.0287 |
-0.0396 |
269 |
2 |
81.93 |
2008-11-14 |
126. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
88.55 |
0.9574 |
0.0355 |
354 |
4 |
81.98 |
2008-11-18 |
127. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
88.53 |
0.9864 |
0.0069 |
292 |
3 |
82.85 |
2008-11-17 |
128. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
88.43 |
1.0234 |
-0.0309 |
392 |
3 |
85.62 |
2008-10-31 |
129. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
88.19 |
1.0372 |
-0.0519 |
249 |
3 |
84.94 |
2008-11-17 |
130. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
88.02 |
0.9434 |
0.0449 |
367 |
4 |
81.70 |
2008-11-14 |
131. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
87.98 |
0.9719 |
0.0186 |
383 |
4 |
78.46 |
2008-11-19 |
132. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
87.96 |
0.9841 |
-0.0026 |
263 |
4 |
82.88 |
2008-11-20 |
133. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
87.50 |
0.9909 |
-0.0091 |
334 |
6 |
83.34 |
2008-11-21 |
134. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
87.35 |
0.9841 |
-0.0112 |
217 |
3 |
81.55 |
2008-11-20 |
135. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
87.32 |
0.9727 |
0.0099 |
442 |
6 |
78.05 |
2008-11-20 |
136. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
87.32 |
1.0362 |
-0.0540 |
437 |
7 |
81.23 |
2008-11-20 |
137. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
87.26 |
0.9763 |
-0.0016 |
143 |
4 |
79.83 |
2008-11-16 |
138. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
87.25 |
0.8830 |
0.0946 |
300 |
2 |
79.93 |
2008-11-20 |
139. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
87.16 |
0.9228 |
0.0558 |
305 |
2 |
81.96 |
2008-11-19 |
140. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
87.16 |
0.9603 |
0.0193 |
430 |
5 |
80.56 |
2008-11-15 |
141. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
87.11 |
0.9890 |
-0.0116 |
272 |
6 |
77.23 |
2008-11-21 |
142. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
87.05 |
1.0125 |
-0.0412 |
232 |
2 |
81.77 |
2008-11-20 |
143. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
87.00 |
0.8913 |
0.0825 |
201 |
4 |
73.32 |
2008-11-14 |
144. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
87.00 |
0.9709 |
0.0001 |
264 |
3 |
83.20 |
2008-11-20 |
145. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
86.97 |
0.9957 |
-0.0198 |
323 |
9 |
78.70 |
2008-11-12 |
146. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
86.90 |
1.0320 |
-0.0548 |
401 |
2 |
82.29 |
2008-11-11 |
147. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
86.89 |
1.0404 |
-0.0645 |
406 |
5 |
81.47 |
2008-11-19 |
148. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
86.87 |
0.9583 |
0.0130 |
237 |
2 |
80.56 |
2008-11-21 |
149. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
86.79 |
0.9636 |
0.0049 |
281 |
2 |
84.67 |
2008-11-20 |
150. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
86.78 |
1.0128 |
-0.0362 |
369 |
6 |
78.22 |
2008-11-14 |
151. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
86.53 |
0.9500 |
0.0187 |
287 |
7 |
78.62 |
2008-11-21 |
152. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
86.49 |
1.0403 |
-0.0755 |
234 |
1 |
86.49 |
2008-10-30 |
153. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
86.48 |
0.9538 |
0.0124 |
276 |
5 |
74.81 |
2008-11-16 |
154. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
86.41 |
1.0270 |
-0.0608 |
303 |
1 |
86.41 |
2008-11-04 |
155. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
86.36 |
1.0450 |
-0.0746 |
358 |
3 |
86.13 |
2008-11-21 |
156. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
86.26 |
0.9425 |
0.0222 |
248 |
2 |
76.70 |
2008-11-17 |
157. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
86.22 |
1.0059 |
-0.0412 |
283 |
4 |
77.00 |
2008-11-19 |
158. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
86.11 |
0.9359 |
0.0271 |
355 |
3 |
79.73 |
2008-11-20 |
159. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
85.95 |
1.0279 |
-0.0731 |
172 |
4 |
79.52 |
2008-11-16 |
160. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
85.94 |
0.9833 |
-0.0205 |
387 |
2 |
82.18 |
2008-11-05 |
161. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
85.87 |
0.9644 |
-0.0017 |
398 |
6 |
82.20 |
2008-11-21 |
162. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
85.82 |
0.9143 |
0.0457 |
300 |
3 |
80.40 |
2008-11-11 |
163. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
85.62 |
0.9933 |
-0.0291 |
450 |
1 |
85.62 |
2008-10-28 |
164. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
85.55 |
0.9339 |
0.0279 |
317 |
6 |
78.44 |
2008-11-21 |
165. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
85.50 |
1.0016 |
-0.0478 |
217 |
2 |
75.76 |
2008-11-20 |
166. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
85.33 |
1.0265 |
-0.0693 |
375 |
2 |
84.16 |
2008-11-14 |
167. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
85.33 |
1.0419 |
-0.0853 |
341 |
4 |
83.06 |
2008-11-20 |
168. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
85.28 |
0.9801 |
-0.0275 |
289 |
4 |
79.22 |
2008-11-20 |
169. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
85.22 |
0.9070 |
0.0405 |
192 |
7 |
73.99 |
2008-11-20 |
170. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
85.12 |
0.9402 |
0.0090 |
310 |
4 |
78.51 |
2008-11-21 |
171. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
84.97 |
1.0426 |
-0.0972 |
131 |
4 |
78.23 |
2008-11-14 |
172. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
84.87 |
0.9027 |
0.0421 |
189 |
3 |
75.52 |
2008-11-17 |
173. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
84.57 |
1.0130 |
-0.0679 |
288 |
2 |
83.92 |
2008-11-21 |
174. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
84.44 |
0.9332 |
0.0103 |
267 |
9 |
78.13 |
2008-11-19 |
175. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
84.38 |
0.9135 |
0.0381 |
393 |
4 |
77.38 |
2008-11-06 |
176. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
84.30 |
0.9346 |
0.0044 |
211 |
5 |
76.67 |
2008-11-17 |
177. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
84.22 |
0.9827 |
-0.0408 |
314 |
3 |
78.98 |
2008-11-16 |
178. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
84.12 |
0.9884 |
-0.0460 |
267 |
2 |
82.01 |
2008-11-11 |
179. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
84.04 |
0.9609 |
-0.0171 |
331 |
2 |
81.00 |
2008-11-17 |
180. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
83.96 |
0.9503 |
-0.0189 |
211 |
1 |
83.96 |
2008-11-12 |
181. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
83.96 |
0.9101 |
0.0319 |
351 |
5 |
77.06 |
2008-11-19 |
182. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
83.88 |
1.0464 |
-0.1042 |
294 |
2 |
78.30 |
2008-11-17 |
183. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
83.59 |
0.9400 |
-0.0035 |
434 |
6 |
74.80 |
2008-11-17 |
184. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
83.46 |
0.9842 |
-0.0495 |
335 |
3 |
75.11 |
2008-11-20 |
185. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
83.45 |
0.9745 |
-0.0400 |
388 |
3 |
76.82 |
2008-11-21 |
186. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
83.36 |
1.0082 |
-0.0819 |
212 |
2 |
82.36 |
2008-11-19 |
187. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
83.21 |
0.9162 |
0.0147 |
401 |
4 |
77.69 |
2008-11-14 |
188. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
83.18 |
1.0199 |
-0.0944 |
225 |
2 |
81.41 |
2008-10-31 |
189. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
83.13 |
0.9068 |
0.0201 |
212 |
3 |
73.39 |
2008-11-16 |
190. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
83.09 |
0.9726 |
-0.0391 |
396 |
6 |
79.21 |
2008-11-19 |
191. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
82.95 |
0.8624 |
0.0596 |
174 |
9 |
73.60 |
2008-11-20 |
192. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
82.92 |
1.0135 |
-0.0838 |
358 |
2 |
77.31 |
2008-11-15 |
193. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
82.59 |
0.9931 |
-0.0659 |
339 |
2 |
81.22 |
2008-11-17 |
194. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
82.53 |
0.9980 |
-0.0738 |
295 |
2 |
75.88 |
2008-11-17 |
195. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
82.39 |
0.8993 |
0.0239 |
366 |
3 |
77.81 |
2008-11-14 |
196. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
82.05 |
0.9948 |
-0.0793 |
233 |
1 |
82.05 |
2008-11-06 |
197. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
81.96 |
0.9928 |
-0.0778 |
293 |
4 |
74.35 |
2008-11-17 |
198. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
81.92 |
0.9849 |
-0.0686 |
337 |
2 |
81.09 |
2008-11-01 |
199. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
81.87 |
0.9952 |
-0.0782 |
220 |
2 |
80.40 |
2008-11-14 |
200. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
81.83 |
1.0736 |
-0.1569 |
350 |
1 |
81.83 |
2008-11-14 |
201. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
81.82 |
1.0028 |
-0.0899 |
259 |
3 |
76.25 |
2008-11-12 |
202. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
81.47 |
0.9829 |
-0.0735 |
229 |
2 |
80.52 |
2008-11-11 |
203. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
81.43 |
0.8887 |
0.0348 |
464 |
6 |
75.51 |
2008-11-20 |
204. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
81.41 |
0.9632 |
-0.0526 |
287 |
3 |
77.60 |
2008-11-20 |
205. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
81.37 |
0.8936 |
0.0143 |
346 |
2 |
80.11 |
2008-11-14 |
206. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
81.34 |
0.8986 |
0.0150 |
363 |
2 |
80.16 |
2008-11-20 |
207. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
81.21 |
0.9424 |
-0.0327 |
320 |
2 |
76.68 |
2008-11-17 |
208. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
81.21 |
0.9604 |
-0.0553 |
285 |
4 |
79.19 |
2008-11-20 |
209. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
81.03 |
0.9479 |
-0.0411 |
317 |
4 |
75.53 |
2008-11-21 |
210. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
80.90 |
1.0094 |
-0.1056 |
256 |
4 |
76.46 |
2008-11-19 |
211. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
80.86 |
0.8666 |
0.0341 |
206 |
3 |
77.72 |
2008-11-13 |
212. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
80.85 |
0.9392 |
-0.0300 |
360 |
5 |
74.65 |
2008-11-21 |
213. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
80.78 |
0.8778 |
0.0263 |
285 |
3 |
76.35 |
2008-11-12 |
214. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
80.72 |
1.0487 |
-0.1492 |
253 |
1 |
80.72 |
2008-11-12 |
215. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
80.54 |
0.9243 |
-0.0226 |
240 |
2 |
73.39 |
2008-11-20 |
216. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
80.30 |
0.9108 |
-0.0140 |
235 |
7 |
74.06 |
2008-11-20 |
217. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
80.20 |
0.9119 |
-0.0118 |
396 |
1 |
80.20 |
2008-11-14 |
218. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
80.12 |
0.9352 |
-0.0414 |
194 |
3 |
75.44 |
2008-11-17 |
219. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
79.84 |
0.8964 |
-0.0075 |
199 |
2 |
74.38 |
2008-11-04 |
220. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
79.72 |
0.9957 |
-0.1055 |
323 |
2 |
76.14 |
2008-11-20 |
221. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
79.67 |
0.8794 |
0.0170 |
427 |
6 |
75.92 |
2008-11-14 |
222. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
79.65 |
0.9451 |
-0.0476 |
419 |
7 |
74.50 |
2008-11-19 |
223. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
78.72 |
0.9880 |
-0.1130 |
199 |
3 |
68.01 |
2008-11-20 |
224. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
78.59 |
0.9271 |
-0.0498 |
295 |
3 |
76.10 |
2008-11-20 |
225. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
78.45 |
0.8880 |
-0.0118 |
296 |
5 |
70.53 |
2008-11-20 |
226. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
78.33 |
0.9284 |
-0.0499 |
346 |
3 |
72.53 |
2008-11-21 |
227. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
78.05 |
0.9357 |
-0.0663 |
204 |
2 |
74.92 |
2008-11-11 |
228. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
77.88 |
1.0103 |
-0.1463 |
209 |
2 |
77.17 |
2008-11-18 |
229. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
77.76 |
0.9678 |
-0.0951 |
392 |
3 |
73.10 |
2008-11-17 |
230. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
77.61 |
0.9468 |
-0.0803 |
318 |
2 |
75.97 |
2008-11-11 |
231. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
77.46 |
0.9658 |
-0.0971 |
308 |
2 |
76.48 |
2008-11-11 |
232. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
77.43 |
0.9597 |
-0.0949 |
251 |
2 |
74.02 |
2008-11-15 |
233. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
77.41 |
0.9299 |
-0.0739 |
168 |
4 |
71.67 |
2008-11-18 |
234. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
77.18 |
0.9136 |
-0.0485 |
348 |
5 |
74.45 |
2008-11-11 |
235. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
76.93 |
0.9332 |
-0.0728 |
295 |
2 |
73.21 |
2008-11-20 |
236. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
76.88 |
0.9011 |
-0.0394 |
322 |
2 |
71.69 |
2008-11-16 |
237. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
76.62 |
1.0018 |
-0.1460 |
246 |
1 |
76.62 |
2008-11-14 |
238. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
76.51 |
0.9029 |
-0.0459 |
393 |
4 |
75.65 |
2008-11-20 |
239. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
75.80 |
0.9673 |
-0.1188 |
292 |
1 |
75.80 |
2008-11-19 |
240. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
75.80 |
0.9114 |
-0.0576 |
399 |
9 |
69.50 |
2008-11-20 |
241. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
75.39 |
0.8986 |
-0.0563 |
216 |
3 |
72.52 |
2008-11-12 |
242. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
74.93 |
0.8986 |
-0.0638 |
205 |
2 |
74.57 |
2008-11-20 |
243. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
74.24 |
0.9927 |
-0.1633 |
276 |
2 |
72.65 |
2008-11-13 |
244. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
73.92 |
0.9380 |
-0.1143 |
284 |
2 |
71.28 |
2008-11-19 |
245. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
73.68 |
0.8172 |
0.0010 |
204 |
8 |
69.18 |
2008-11-15 |
246. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
73.20 |
0.9012 |
-0.0806 |
322 |
2 |
72.65 |
2008-11-06 |
247. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
71.10 |
0.9974 |
-0.2078 |
163 |
1 |
71.10 |
2008-11-16 |
248. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
69.19 |
0.9650 |
-0.1903 |
347 |
1 |
69.19 |
2008-11-06 |
249. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
68.42 |
0.8656 |
-0.1011 |
242 |
1 |
68.42 |
2008-11-04 |
250. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
65.03 |
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2008-11-21 |