| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
72.76 |
1.1198 |
0.0767 |
247 |
5 |
69.20 |
2008-12-23 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
63.73 |
1.1093 |
-0.0668 |
220 |
7 |
58.14 |
2009-03-10 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
68.24 |
1.1086 |
0.0145 |
233 |
6 |
58.87 |
2009-10-03 |
| 4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
56.88 |
1.1070 |
-0.1733 |
265 |
5 |
53.26 |
2009-09-30 |
| 5. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
67.47 |
1.0960 |
0.0180 |
315 |
5 |
57.44 |
2009-09-25 |
| 6. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
69.64 |
1.0901 |
0.0577 |
288 |
7 |
62.58 |
2009-10-03 |
| 7. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
63.38 |
1.0881 |
-0.0497 |
210 |
7 |
55.91 |
2009-09-23 |
| 8. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
65.89 |
1.0877 |
-0.0073 |
129 |
5 |
56.34 |
2008-12-29 |
| 9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
69.22 |
1.0873 |
0.0486 |
243 |
6 |
63.34 |
2009-09-25 |
| 10. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
69.11 |
1.0867 |
0.0460 |
171 |
7 |
59.01 |
2008-12-18 |
| 11. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
60.02 |
1.0865 |
-0.1000 |
237 |
4 |
51.70 |
2008-11-21 |
| 12. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
64.56 |
1.0845 |
-0.0238 |
212 |
1 |
64.56 |
2009-04-30 |
| 13. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
65.49 |
1.0800 |
-0.0098 |
129 |
7 |
59.27 |
2009-10-03 |
| 14. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
63.51 |
1.0800 |
-0.0385 |
213 |
4 |
61.20 |
2009-01-05 |
| 15. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
63.33 |
1.0777 |
-0.0383 |
226 |
7 |
55.81 |
2009-01-06 |
| 16. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
64.56 |
1.0743 |
-0.0114 |
297 |
6 |
59.04 |
2009-10-07 |
| 17. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
62.31 |
1.0736 |
-0.0450 |
256 |
1 |
62.31 |
2009-10-10 |
| 18. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
61.67 |
1.0736 |
-0.0570 |
350 |
4 |
58.40 |
2009-10-19 |
| 19. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
65.90 |
1.0686 |
0.0190 |
354 |
3 |
62.24 |
2009-10-07 |
| 20. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
65.46 |
1.0682 |
0.0096 |
266 |
5 |
54.85 |
2009-05-11 |
| 21. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
53.17 |
1.0676 |
-0.1896 |
456 |
1 |
53.17 |
2008-12-18 |
| 22. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
68.73 |
1.0672 |
0.0624 |
239 |
4 |
64.89 |
2008-12-22 |
| 23. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
61.59 |
1.0667 |
-0.0436 |
308 |
1 |
61.59 |
2009-10-07 |
| 24. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
63.65 |
1.0654 |
-0.0211 |
247 |
5 |
57.11 |
2008-12-22 |
| 25. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
51.70 |
1.0639 |
-0.2137 |
303 |
1 |
51.70 |
2008-11-28 |
| 26. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
69.14 |
1.0638 |
0.0718 |
247 |
5 |
58.88 |
2009-10-03 |
| 27. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
65.21 |
1.0628 |
0.0118 |
363 |
6 |
56.20 |
2008-12-29 |
| 28. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
63.03 |
1.0617 |
-0.0271 |
171 |
2 |
57.91 |
2009-09-29 |
| 29. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
56.42 |
1.0615 |
-0.1374 |
201 |
3 |
50.42 |
2009-10-10 |
| 30. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
66.03 |
1.0607 |
0.0282 |
357 |
3 |
51.94 |
2009-04-30 |
| 31. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
59.92 |
1.0601 |
-0.0783 |
256 |
2 |
53.36 |
2008-12-18 |
| 32. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
65.82 |
1.0600 |
0.0229 |
351 |
6 |
61.41 |
2009-09-26 |
| 33. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
61.82 |
1.0590 |
-0.0436 |
250 |
6 |
53.21 |
2008-12-23 |
| 34. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
70.10 |
1.0588 |
0.0948 |
281 |
9 |
58.95 |
2008-12-23 |
| 35. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
59.01 |
1.0585 |
-0.0857 |
226 |
1 |
59.01 |
2009-10-03 |
| 36. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
61.89 |
1.0582 |
-0.0437 |
180 |
8 |
57.39 |
2008-12-22 |
| 37. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
68.87 |
1.0576 |
0.0727 |
231 |
8 |
59.90 |
2009-10-03 |
| 38. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
65.49 |
1.0561 |
0.0192 |
227 |
9 |
58.50 |
2009-10-03 |
| 39. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
61.38 |
1.0557 |
-0.0453 |
289 |
3 |
56.32 |
2008-12-29 |
| 40. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
71.44 |
1.0543 |
0.1236 |
360 |
6 |
60.15 |
2009-03-02 |
| 41. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
62.95 |
1.0543 |
-0.0224 |
182 |
1 |
62.95 |
2009-01-06 |
| 42. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
61.23 |
1.0540 |
-0.0523 |
184 |
4 |
55.59 |
2009-10-03 |
| 43. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
58.47 |
1.0529 |
-0.0892 |
373 |
2 |
55.20 |
2008-12-17 |
| 44. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
59.55 |
1.0521 |
-0.0788 |
197 |
1 |
59.55 |
2008-12-17 |
| 45. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
63.28 |
1.0511 |
-0.0087 |
252 |
5 |
55.86 |
2008-12-23 |
| 46. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
60.21 |
1.0506 |
-0.0612 |
259 |
10 |
54.13 |
2009-01-06 |
| 47. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
64.77 |
1.0498 |
0.0167 |
261 |
3 |
59.88 |
2008-12-29 |
| 48. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
67.38 |
1.0495 |
0.0585 |
323 |
6 |
59.67 |
2008-12-18 |
| 49. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
70.18 |
1.0487 |
0.1039 |
253 |
9 |
59.74 |
2009-03-05 |
| 50. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
72.46 |
1.0481 |
0.1367 |
255 |
7 |
62.17 |
2009-03-10 |
| 51. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
66.50 |
1.0479 |
0.0444 |
205 |
7 |
58.73 |
2009-10-10 |
| 52. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
68.57 |
1.0476 |
0.0711 |
110 |
6 |
59.78 |
2008-12-22 |
| 53. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
66.93 |
1.0472 |
0.0475 |
149 |
1 |
66.93 |
2008-12-22 |
| 54. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
59.15 |
1.0466 |
-0.0747 |
230 |
5 |
56.75 |
2009-10-10 |
| 55. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
67.12 |
1.0464 |
0.0628 |
294 |
8 |
60.17 |
2009-10-06 |
| 56. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
67.00 |
1.0462 |
0.0590 |
340 |
7 |
57.69 |
2008-12-18 |
| 57. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
63.81 |
1.0461 |
0.0055 |
318 |
6 |
59.42 |
2009-01-13 |
| 58. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
65.65 |
1.0450 |
0.0401 |
358 |
7 |
58.26 |
2009-10-08 |
| 59. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
61.65 |
1.0432 |
-0.0289 |
276 |
4 |
57.81 |
2008-12-22 |
| 60. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
64.30 |
1.0427 |
0.0157 |
269 |
2 |
61.96 |
2009-05-11 |
| 61. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
59.93 |
1.0426 |
-0.0614 |
131 |
10 |
50.00 |
2009-10-10 |
| 62. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
62.02 |
1.0419 |
-0.0190 |
341 |
4 |
57.93 |
2008-12-22 |
| 63. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
72.20 |
1.0418 |
0.1472 |
214 |
12 |
58.29 |
2008-12-29 |
| 64. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
67.79 |
1.0414 |
0.0729 |
234 |
6 |
61.20 |
2008-12-23 |
| 65. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
71.25 |
1.0411 |
0.1332 |
341 |
6 |
65.68 |
2008-12-29 |
| 66. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
63.16 |
1.0404 |
0.0031 |
406 |
8 |
59.21 |
2009-10-02 |
| 67. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
67.26 |
1.0403 |
0.0645 |
234 |
10 |
62.07 |
2008-12-22 |
| 68. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
64.83 |
1.0372 |
0.0287 |
249 |
10 |
57.01 |
2009-01-06 |
| 69. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
55.72 |
1.0362 |
-0.1143 |
437 |
2 |
51.06 |
2008-11-26 |
| 70. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
65.86 |
1.0351 |
0.0521 |
276 |
6 |
58.19 |
2009-01-05 |
| 71. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
64.96 |
1.0341 |
0.0337 |
273 |
6 |
56.21 |
2008-12-18 |
| 72. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
68.73 |
1.0334 |
0.0968 |
261 |
4 |
56.82 |
2009-01-05 |
| 73. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
57.87 |
1.0333 |
-0.0873 |
176 |
3 |
49.73 |
2009-03-12 |
| 74. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
58.82 |
1.0332 |
-0.0670 |
267 |
5 |
56.25 |
2009-01-05 |
| 75. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
62.60 |
1.0320 |
0.0034 |
401 |
5 |
54.72 |
2008-12-16 |
| 76. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
52.14 |
1.0301 |
-0.1751 |
268 |
1 |
52.14 |
2009-05-11 |
| 77. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
60.98 |
1.0291 |
-0.0286 |
240 |
7 |
56.08 |
2009-10-03 |
| 78. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
63.32 |
1.0288 |
0.0078 |
166 |
7 |
55.61 |
2009-04-30 |
| 79. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
67.00 |
1.0287 |
0.0724 |
269 |
3 |
58.06 |
2008-12-23 |
| 80. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
68.24 |
1.0279 |
0.0891 |
172 |
6 |
57.07 |
2009-01-13 |
| 81. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
62.87 |
1.0272 |
0.0045 |
226 |
7 |
58.40 |
2008-12-18 |
| 82. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
65.53 |
1.0270 |
0.0515 |
303 |
7 |
59.80 |
2008-12-22 |
| 83. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
57.15 |
1.0267 |
-0.0844 |
261 |
3 |
51.08 |
2009-03-12 |
| 84. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
59.64 |
1.0265 |
-0.0424 |
375 |
1 |
59.64 |
2008-12-16 |
| 85. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
66.81 |
1.0264 |
0.0684 |
191 |
9 |
57.61 |
2009-01-06 |
| 86. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
63.20 |
1.0250 |
0.0172 |
271 |
4 |
55.18 |
2009-10-16 |
| 87. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
65.49 |
1.0234 |
0.0579 |
392 |
3 |
58.36 |
2009-10-19 |
| 88. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
60.53 |
1.0227 |
-0.0215 |
378 |
5 |
54.64 |
2009-01-12 |
| 89. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
62.63 |
1.0208 |
0.0090 |
231 |
4 |
58.77 |
2009-10-03 |
| 90. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
59.41 |
1.0199 |
-0.0471 |
225 |
8 |
52.79 |
2009-01-05 |
| 91. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
65.56 |
1.0197 |
0.0568 |
204 |
7 |
56.67 |
2008-12-29 |
| 92. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
63.70 |
1.0189 |
0.0281 |
290 |
3 |
57.32 |
2008-12-29 |
| 93. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
49.41 |
1.0188 |
-0.1983 |
316 |
1 |
49.41 |
2009-10-03 |
| 94. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
60.96 |
1.0181 |
-0.0145 |
276 |
6 |
55.29 |
2008-12-15 |
| 95. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
55.85 |
1.0178 |
-0.1018 |
207 |
4 |
49.62 |
2008-12-23 |
| 96. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
63.80 |
1.0165 |
0.0319 |
316 |
5 |
58.06 |
2008-12-16 |
| 97. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
54.39 |
1.0131 |
-0.1161 |
245 |
1 |
54.39 |
2009-10-02 |
| 98. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
59.54 |
1.0130 |
-0.0341 |
288 |
1 |
59.54 |
2008-11-24 |
| 99. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
71.76 |
1.0125 |
0.1635 |
171 |
4 |
62.20 |
2009-01-06 |
| 100. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
62.93 |
1.0125 |
0.0208 |
232 |
2 |
57.70 |
2008-12-29 |
| 101. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
66.46 |
1.0112 |
0.0810 |
242 |
1 |
66.46 |
2009-09-30 |
| 102. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
60.54 |
1.0106 |
-0.0163 |
302 |
9 |
53.99 |
2008-12-17 |
| 103. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
63.76 |
1.0103 |
0.0326 |
209 |
8 |
54.48 |
2009-05-04 |
| 104. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
59.33 |
1.0101 |
-0.0330 |
336 |
5 |
54.62 |
2008-12-18 |
| 105. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
58.12 |
1.0095 |
-0.0556 |
211 |
3 |
54.51 |
2008-12-18 |
| 106. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
61.43 |
1.0094 |
0.0007 |
256 |
8 |
57.28 |
2008-12-26 |
| 107. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
67.57 |
1.0086 |
0.0987 |
218 |
4 |
57.63 |
2009-01-05 |
| 108. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
68.59 |
1.0082 |
0.1153 |
212 |
6 |
56.21 |
2008-12-18 |
| 109. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
61.26 |
1.0079 |
-0.0017 |
273 |
3 |
57.99 |
2008-12-16 |
| 110. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
41.87 |
1.0063 |
-0.3150 |
293 |
1 |
41.87 |
2009-10-19 |
| 111. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
61.66 |
1.0060 |
0.0085 |
225 |
6 |
56.80 |
2009-03-02 |
| 112. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
65.02 |
1.0059 |
0.0647 |
283 |
12 |
55.32 |
2008-12-23 |
| 113. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
56.30 |
1.0057 |
-0.0776 |
382 |
2 |
55.87 |
2008-12-29 |
| 114. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
74.60 |
1.0042 |
0.2199 |
168 |
8 |
62.10 |
2008-12-23 |
| 115. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
65.21 |
1.0035 |
0.0697 |
310 |
3 |
58.07 |
2009-09-29 |
| 116. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
73.82 |
1.0033 |
0.2120 |
203 |
8 |
64.29 |
2008-12-29 |
| 117. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
81.23 |
1.0028 |
0.3337 |
259 |
8 |
63.38 |
2008-12-29 |
| 118. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
59.26 |
1.0018 |
-0.0274 |
246 |
5 |
54.75 |
2009-04-30 |
| 119. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
63.54 |
1.0016 |
0.0417 |
217 |
7 |
57.69 |
2008-12-29 |
| 120. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
58.06 |
1.0006 |
-0.0463 |
311 |
6 |
53.31 |
2009-10-03 |
| 121. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
60.43 |
0.9996 |
0.0014 |
483 |
2 |
60.21 |
2009-01-13 |
| 122. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
59.72 |
0.9981 |
-0.0173 |
211 |
4 |
53.92 |
2009-10-02 |
| 123. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
57.44 |
0.9980 |
-0.0518 |
295 |
6 |
53.76 |
2009-01-05 |
| 124. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
63.72 |
0.9974 |
0.0466 |
163 |
6 |
54.82 |
2008-12-29 |
| 125. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
62.32 |
0.9963 |
0.0260 |
274 |
9 |
54.47 |
2009-01-06 |
| 126. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
66.27 |
0.9957 |
0.0942 |
323 |
2 |
62.46 |
2008-12-15 |
| 127. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
58.42 |
0.9957 |
-0.0315 |
323 |
3 |
56.17 |
2009-01-13 |
| 128. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
63.14 |
0.9952 |
0.0455 |
220 |
7 |
58.61 |
2009-05-04 |
| 129. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
63.86 |
0.9948 |
0.0543 |
233 |
11 |
54.63 |
2009-09-25 |
| 130. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
63.72 |
0.9933 |
0.0620 |
450 |
3 |
62.07 |
2009-02-26 |
| 131. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
60.96 |
0.9931 |
0.0053 |
218 |
7 |
55.58 |
2008-12-16 |
| 132. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
65.46 |
0.9931 |
0.0881 |
339 |
3 |
57.68 |
2009-01-05 |
| 133. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
61.87 |
0.9928 |
0.0239 |
293 |
5 |
55.22 |
2009-03-05 |
| 134. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
56.31 |
0.9927 |
-0.0707 |
234 |
4 |
54.31 |
2008-12-17 |
| 135. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
63.39 |
0.9927 |
0.0503 |
276 |
9 |
58.24 |
2009-01-09 |
| 136. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
71.55 |
0.9927 |
0.1866 |
262 |
2 |
65.39 |
2008-11-18 |
| 137. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
57.62 |
0.9922 |
-0.0446 |
264 |
3 |
54.06 |
2009-03-02 |
| 138. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
65.19 |
0.9917 |
0.0826 |
317 |
8 |
55.69 |
2009-01-05 |
| 139. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
59.09 |
0.9915 |
-0.0211 |
281 |
6 |
54.85 |
2009-03-10 |
| 140. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
58.26 |
0.9909 |
-0.0287 |
293 |
7 |
51.13 |
2009-09-29 |
| 141. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
58.40 |
0.9909 |
-0.0271 |
334 |
3 |
52.44 |
2008-12-18 |
| 142. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
60.04 |
0.9890 |
0.0019 |
272 |
3 |
50.95 |
2009-01-06 |
| 143. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
60.28 |
0.9885 |
0.0026 |
355 |
2 |
58.38 |
2008-12-29 |
| 144. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
59.02 |
0.9885 |
-0.0116 |
469 |
2 |
57.34 |
2009-01-05 |
| 145. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
57.60 |
0.9884 |
-0.0392 |
267 |
6 |
53.03 |
2009-03-05 |
| 146. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
47.91 |
0.9880 |
-0.2058 |
199 |
2 |
44.31 |
2009-09-30 |
| 147. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
60.54 |
0.9869 |
0.0048 |
193 |
6 |
54.93 |
2008-12-17 |
| 148. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
63.74 |
0.9866 |
0.0620 |
308 |
6 |
57.08 |
2009-10-10 |
| 149. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
53.21 |
0.9864 |
-0.1086 |
292 |
3 |
49.67 |
2008-12-02 |
| 150. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
56.98 |
0.9852 |
-0.0494 |
235 |
1 |
56.98 |
2009-01-05 |
| 151. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
57.15 |
0.9849 |
-0.0445 |
337 |
2 |
57.06 |
2008-12-16 |
| 152. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
59.66 |
0.9842 |
-0.0013 |
335 |
2 |
55.76 |
2008-12-22 |
| 153. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
62.68 |
0.9841 |
0.0433 |
217 |
6 |
54.04 |
2009-09-30 |
| 154. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
52.92 |
0.9841 |
-0.1165 |
263 |
4 |
51.63 |
2008-11-25 |
| 155. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
72.68 |
0.9839 |
0.2120 |
308 |
3 |
60.41 |
2009-03-05 |
| 156. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
66.69 |
0.9836 |
0.1135 |
289 |
11 |
55.72 |
2008-12-29 |
| 157. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
63.39 |
0.9833 |
0.0615 |
387 |
2 |
57.23 |
2008-12-16 |
| 158. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
70.46 |
0.9829 |
0.1758 |
229 |
8 |
57.67 |
2009-05-11 |
| 159. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
65.02 |
0.9827 |
0.0876 |
314 |
7 |
58.47 |
2009-03-05 |
| 160. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
55.59 |
0.9810 |
-0.0626 |
362 |
3 |
51.49 |
2008-11-23 |
| 161. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
61.94 |
0.9809 |
0.0337 |
209 |
8 |
50.85 |
2009-10-03 |
| 162. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
70.35 |
0.9807 |
0.1653 |
129 |
15 |
53.37 |
2009-10-07 |
| 163. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
63.09 |
0.9801 |
0.0571 |
289 |
5 |
54.53 |
2008-12-04 |
| 164. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
65.78 |
0.9787 |
0.1067 |
364 |
3 |
60.61 |
2008-12-16 |
| 165. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
64.95 |
0.9780 |
0.0841 |
173 |
4 |
55.51 |
2009-10-08 |
| 166. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
49.62 |
0.9779 |
-0.1647 |
255 |
1 |
49.62 |
2008-12-18 |
| 167. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
60.32 |
0.9768 |
0.0162 |
237 |
6 |
57.02 |
2008-11-28 |
| 168. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
51.94 |
0.9765 |
-0.1242 |
269 |
1 |
51.94 |
2009-10-10 |
| 169. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
58.49 |
0.9763 |
-0.0154 |
143 |
8 |
51.48 |
2008-12-22 |
| 170. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
57.42 |
0.9762 |
-0.0325 |
249 |
4 |
54.22 |
2008-12-29 |
| 171. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
64.10 |
0.9756 |
0.0779 |
223 |
4 |
53.80 |
2009-01-05 |
| 172. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
55.99 |
0.9745 |
-0.0524 |
388 |
3 |
55.22 |
2008-12-17 |
| 173. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
56.56 |
0.9740 |
-0.0412 |
371 |
2 |
50.37 |
2009-05-11 |
| 174. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
55.88 |
0.9736 |
-0.0483 |
378 |
3 |
53.46 |
2008-12-18 |
| 175. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
49.47 |
0.9726 |
-0.1552 |
396 |
2 |
48.40 |
2008-12-29 |
| 176. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
59.54 |
0.9719 |
0.0141 |
383 |
1 |
59.54 |
2008-11-28 |
| 177. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
61.85 |
0.9713 |
0.0443 |
193 |
7 |
56.19 |
2008-12-22 |
| 178. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
65.32 |
0.9709 |
0.1022 |
264 |
6 |
55.50 |
2008-12-22 |
| 179. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
66.10 |
0.9704 |
0.1169 |
254 |
5 |
56.88 |
2008-12-29 |
| 180. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
55.21 |
0.9703 |
-0.0566 |
394 |
3 |
53.81 |
2009-09-29 |
| 181. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
59.57 |
0.9698 |
0.0145 |
389 |
8 |
56.02 |
2008-12-17 |
| 182. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
54.60 |
0.9681 |
-0.0655 |
392 |
2 |
48.98 |
2009-09-25 |
| 183. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
59.13 |
0.9673 |
0.0086 |
393 |
3 |
54.38 |
2009-01-06 |
| 184. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
58.31 |
0.9673 |
-0.0067 |
292 |
3 |
52.75 |
2008-12-18 |
| 185. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
57.90 |
0.9658 |
-0.0105 |
308 |
2 |
57.71 |
2008-12-18 |
| 186. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
56.15 |
0.9650 |
-0.0396 |
347 |
5 |
53.74 |
2009-05-04 |
| 187. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
61.93 |
0.9644 |
0.0570 |
398 |
4 |
57.45 |
2009-05-11 |
| 188. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
58.75 |
0.9636 |
0.0007 |
281 |
6 |
55.86 |
2009-03-05 |
| 189. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
64.12 |
0.9632 |
0.0925 |
287 |
2 |
61.70 |
2008-12-18 |
| 190. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
61.52 |
0.9631 |
0.0479 |
273 |
7 |
55.12 |
2009-05-04 |
| 191. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
55.47 |
0.9621 |
-0.0536 |
201 |
2 |
54.03 |
2008-11-28 |
| 192. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
56.55 |
0.9621 |
-0.0304 |
212 |
2 |
48.03 |
2009-10-02 |
| 193. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
64.30 |
0.9609 |
0.1014 |
331 |
1 |
64.30 |
2008-12-17 |
| 194. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
52.83 |
0.9604 |
-0.0947 |
285 |
1 |
52.83 |
2008-11-23 |
| 195. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
53.84 |
0.9597 |
-0.0750 |
251 |
2 |
44.97 |
2009-01-05 |
| 196. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
60.17 |
0.9594 |
0.0280 |
258 |
3 |
54.56 |
2008-12-22 |
| 197. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
59.40 |
0.9583 |
0.0186 |
237 |
4 |
54.82 |
2008-12-16 |
| 198. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
65.05 |
0.9574 |
0.1157 |
354 |
5 |
55.24 |
2009-01-06 |
| 199. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
61.39 |
0.9561 |
0.0549 |
362 |
2 |
59.24 |
2008-12-18 |
| 200. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
53.43 |
0.9541 |
-0.0758 |
236 |
6 |
47.42 |
2008-12-29 |
| 201. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
53.34 |
0.9538 |
-0.0778 |
276 |
4 |
49.72 |
2009-01-05 |
| 202. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
56.74 |
0.9519 |
-0.0156 |
323 |
3 |
52.26 |
2008-12-02 |
| 203. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
71.09 |
0.9503 |
0.2128 |
211 |
10 |
57.82 |
2009-05-11 |
| 204. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
53.45 |
0.9500 |
-0.0703 |
287 |
4 |
52.25 |
2008-12-28 |
| 205. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
57.55 |
0.9479 |
-0.0004 |
317 |
4 |
54.27 |
2008-12-16 |
| 206. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
58.87 |
0.9468 |
0.0207 |
318 |
4 |
55.25 |
2009-03-02 |
| 207. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
52.41 |
0.9451 |
-0.0764 |
419 |
1 |
52.41 |
2008-12-02 |
| 208. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
58.94 |
0.9434 |
0.0299 |
367 |
4 |
53.25 |
2008-11-28 |
| 209. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
57.51 |
0.9425 |
0.0034 |
248 |
4 |
53.82 |
2008-12-23 |
| 210. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
67.59 |
0.9424 |
0.1720 |
320 |
2 |
63.03 |
2008-12-02 |
| 211. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
62.93 |
0.9422 |
0.0875 |
190 |
8 |
54.76 |
2008-12-26 |
| 212. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
57.93 |
0.9402 |
0.0100 |
310 |
5 |
51.60 |
2008-12-23 |
| 213. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
56.29 |
0.9394 |
-0.0159 |
195 |
1 |
56.29 |
2009-10-07 |
| 214. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
49.52 |
0.9392 |
-0.1201 |
360 |
3 |
47.31 |
2008-12-02 |
| 215. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
57.41 |
0.9380 |
0.0040 |
284 |
11 |
52.75 |
2009-10-03 |
| 216. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
52.60 |
0.9359 |
-0.0712 |
355 |
8 |
48.42 |
2008-12-22 |
| 217. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
61.32 |
0.9357 |
0.0703 |
204 |
3 |
53.14 |
2009-10-19 |
| 218. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
62.63 |
0.9352 |
0.0936 |
194 |
8 |
49.60 |
2009-10-02 |
| 219. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
58.14 |
0.9346 |
0.0181 |
211 |
6 |
51.35 |
2008-12-18 |
| 220. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
56.35 |
0.9339 |
-0.0021 |
317 |
3 |
50.80 |
2008-11-28 |
| 221. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
56.16 |
0.9332 |
-0.0090 |
295 |
3 |
51.71 |
2008-12-22 |
| 222. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
59.21 |
0.9332 |
0.0401 |
267 |
3 |
56.70 |
2008-12-22 |
| 223. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
50.86 |
0.9315 |
-0.0945 |
273 |
1 |
50.86 |
2008-11-23 |
| 224. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
59.05 |
0.9299 |
0.0324 |
168 |
11 |
53.74 |
2009-10-19 |
| 225. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
57.52 |
0.9284 |
0.0206 |
346 |
1 |
57.52 |
2008-11-25 |
| 226. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
54.50 |
0.9271 |
-0.0321 |
295 |
3 |
50.44 |
2009-09-29 |
| 227. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
55.96 |
0.9271 |
-0.0051 |
323 |
4 |
54.23 |
2008-12-18 |
| 228. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
57.52 |
0.9265 |
0.0177 |
254 |
11 |
54.27 |
2009-10-03 |
| 229. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
59.81 |
0.9260 |
0.0602 |
348 |
3 |
56.13 |
2008-12-29 |
| 230. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
59.08 |
0.9243 |
0.0489 |
240 |
8 |
53.26 |
2008-12-29 |
| 231. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
52.57 |
0.9228 |
-0.0548 |
305 |
2 |
47.45 |
2008-12-22 |
| 232. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
56.76 |
0.9206 |
0.0127 |
317 |
6 |
52.02 |
2008-12-17 |
| 233. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
61.77 |
0.9183 |
0.0982 |
308 |
5 |
58.30 |
2009-10-03 |
| 234. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
57.64 |
0.9162 |
0.0323 |
401 |
5 |
54.29 |
2008-12-16 |
| 235. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
55.69 |
0.9145 |
0.0041 |
404 |
2 |
50.91 |
2009-02-26 |
| 236. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
51.95 |
0.9136 |
-0.0571 |
348 |
2 |
50.52 |
2008-12-16 |
| 237. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
56.09 |
0.9135 |
0.0170 |
393 |
1 |
56.09 |
2008-12-16 |
| 238. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
58.13 |
0.9128 |
0.0398 |
237 |
4 |
51.09 |
2008-12-23 |
| 239. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
48.57 |
0.9108 |
-0.1136 |
235 |
3 |
46.46 |
2009-10-03 |
| 240. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
56.47 |
0.9103 |
0.0175 |
269 |
2 |
55.94 |
2009-05-04 |
| 241. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
56.13 |
0.9101 |
0.0161 |
351 |
4 |
51.15 |
2008-12-02 |
| 242. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
59.30 |
0.9070 |
0.0630 |
192 |
3 |
50.90 |
2008-12-23 |
| 243. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
54.38 |
0.9068 |
-0.0153 |
212 |
3 |
50.60 |
2009-05-11 |
| 244. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
48.72 |
0.9029 |
-0.1004 |
393 |
1 |
48.72 |
2009-05-11 |
| 245. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
57.17 |
0.9027 |
0.0334 |
189 |
8 |
49.69 |
2008-12-18 |
| 246. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
48.70 |
0.9023 |
-0.1043 |
268 |
1 |
48.70 |
2008-11-11 |
| 247. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
48.20 |
0.9012 |
-0.1065 |
322 |
2 |
46.15 |
2008-11-13 |
| 248. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
62.25 |
0.9011 |
0.1257 |
322 |
6 |
53.45 |
2009-09-25 |
| 249. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
59.40 |
0.9010 |
0.0779 |
266 |
2 |
55.34 |
2009-10-02 |
| 250. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
54.67 |
0.8993 |
0.0017 |
366 |
5 |
49.01 |
2008-11-23 |
| 251. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
48.43 |
0.8988 |
-0.1038 |
216 |
1 |
48.43 |
2009-05-04 |
| 252. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
61.24 |
0.8988 |
0.1073 |
193 |
1 |
61.24 |
2008-12-17 |
| 253. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
50.91 |
0.8986 |
-0.0620 |
216 |
4 |
47.17 |
2009-04-30 |
| 254. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
54.26 |
0.8986 |
-0.0089 |
205 |
3 |
49.60 |
2008-12-22 |
| 255. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
54.23 |
0.8964 |
-0.0084 |
199 |
5 |
44.62 |
2009-10-03 |
| 256. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
52.69 |
0.8959 |
-0.0251 |
328 |
2 |
51.26 |
2008-12-02 |
| 257. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
56.80 |
0.8913 |
0.0436 |
201 |
3 |
53.92 |
2008-12-22 |
| 258. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
42.96 |
0.8901 |
-0.1863 |
273 |
1 |
42.96 |
2009-09-25 |
| 259. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
49.13 |
0.8880 |
-0.0814 |
296 |
6 |
47.76 |
2009-10-19 |
| 260. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
52.70 |
0.8847 |
-0.0213 |
282 |
2 |
45.23 |
2008-11-21 |
| 261. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
49.59 |
0.8837 |
-0.0702 |
157 |
1 |
49.59 |
2009-10-19 |
| 262. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
47.79 |
0.8830 |
-0.0961 |
300 |
1 |
47.79 |
2008-12-16 |
| 263. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
50.21 |
0.8778 |
-0.0516 |
285 |
1 |
50.21 |
2008-12-16 |
| 264. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
58.97 |
0.8666 |
0.1002 |
206 |
5 |
53.90 |
2009-01-06 |
| 265. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
58.12 |
0.8656 |
0.0909 |
242 |
3 |
52.23 |
2009-10-07 |
| 266. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
61.73 |
0.8624 |
0.1479 |
174 |
8 |
51.77 |
2009-04-30 |
| 267. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
59.49 |
0.8603 |
0.1175 |
270 |
2 |
52.90 |
2008-12-02 |
| 268. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
57.86 |
0.8572 |
0.0921 |
232 |
1 |
57.86 |
2008-11-28 |
| 269. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
55.43 |
0.8437 |
0.0664 |
268 |
8 |
47.83 |
2009-04-30 |
| 270. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
37.28 |
0.8381 |
-0.2240 |
283 |
1 |
37.28 |
2008-11-18 |
| 271. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
55.31 |
0.8172 |
0.0873 |
204 |
9 |
46.32 |
2008-12-29 |
| 272. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
47.01 |
0.7923 |
-0.0202 |
316 |
2 |
45.57 |
2008-12-22 |