| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
62.56 |
0.9899 |
0.3147 |
163 |
5 |
49.35 |
2008-12-23 |
| 2. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
60.49 |
0.8809 |
0.3824 |
127 |
3 |
49.09 |
2008-11-28 |
| 3. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
60.26 |
0.9884 |
0.2766 |
262 |
9 |
50.62 |
2009-01-29 |
| 4. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
58.06 |
1.0799 |
0.1306 |
243 |
10 |
48.51 |
2008-12-26 |
| 5. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
57.88 |
1.0349 |
0.1748 |
234 |
6 |
50.25 |
2008-12-22 |
| 6. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
57.86 |
1.0714 |
0.1296 |
129 |
9 |
47.63 |
2008-12-22 |
| 7. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
57.76 |
1.0124 |
0.1930 |
204 |
8 |
49.60 |
2008-12-23 |
| 8. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
57.48 |
1.0060 |
0.1912 |
171 |
4 |
50.57 |
2008-12-23 |
| 9. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
57.45 |
1.0797 |
0.1160 |
210 |
8 |
47.23 |
2008-12-29 |
| 10. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
57.36 |
1.1114 |
0.0853 |
247 |
4 |
46.12 |
2008-12-17 |
| 11. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
57.28 |
0.9202 |
0.2768 |
254 |
10 |
45.39 |
2009-01-06 |
| 12. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
56.94 |
1.0993 |
0.0891 |
265 |
5 |
48.92 |
2008-12-22 |
| 13. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
56.80 |
1.0214 |
0.1644 |
269 |
6 |
49.97 |
2008-12-22 |
| 14. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
56.71 |
1.1016 |
0.0841 |
233 |
7 |
49.54 |
2009-01-06 |
| 15. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
56.66 |
0.9572 |
0.2263 |
201 |
13 |
47.78 |
2009-01-06 |
| 16. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
56.57 |
1.0711 |
0.1065 |
213 |
7 |
47.83 |
2008-12-16 |
| 17. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
56.09 |
1.0613 |
0.1121 |
266 |
3 |
48.39 |
2008-12-22 |
| 18. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
56.02 |
1.0214 |
0.1443 |
166 |
9 |
47.29 |
2009-01-06 |
| 19. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
55.98 |
1.0565 |
0.1111 |
247 |
6 |
47.33 |
2008-12-23 |
| 20. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
55.69 |
1.0390 |
0.1213 |
205 |
9 |
45.29 |
2009-01-06 |
| 21. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
55.54 |
1.0419 |
0.1190 |
261 |
4 |
52.80 |
2008-12-22 |
| 22. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
54.98 |
1.0331 |
0.1138 |
234 |
6 |
50.19 |
2008-12-18 |
| 23. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
54.79 |
0.8951 |
0.2522 |
193 |
10 |
44.41 |
2009-02-09 |
| 24. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
54.65 |
1.0516 |
0.0901 |
281 |
8 |
45.75 |
2009-01-06 |
| 25. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
54.61 |
0.9281 |
0.2183 |
273 |
8 |
47.66 |
2009-02-09 |
| 26. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
54.42 |
1.0441 |
0.0946 |
252 |
9 |
44.79 |
2009-01-06 |
| 27. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
54.26 |
1.0429 |
0.0896 |
259 |
6 |
46.18 |
2008-12-23 |
| 28. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
54.03 |
0.9865 |
0.1436 |
276 |
3 |
50.51 |
2008-12-15 |
| 29. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
54.01 |
0.8941 |
0.2365 |
216 |
12 |
44.73 |
2008-12-22 |
| 30. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
54.01 |
0.9965 |
0.1273 |
168 |
14 |
44.35 |
2008-12-23 |
| 31. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
53.90 |
1.0788 |
0.0418 |
171 |
7 |
46.84 |
2008-12-18 |
| 32. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
53.67 |
1.0251 |
0.0941 |
261 |
14 |
45.10 |
2008-12-29 |
| 33. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
53.66 |
1.0029 |
0.1119 |
209 |
9 |
47.33 |
2009-01-29 |
| 34. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
53.49 |
0.9430 |
0.1673 |
211 |
3 |
47.42 |
2008-12-22 |
| 35. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
53.33 |
0.9941 |
0.1177 |
217 |
9 |
48.09 |
2008-12-23 |
| 36. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
53.24 |
1.0417 |
0.0681 |
253 |
6 |
47.08 |
2008-12-23 |
| 37. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
53.09 |
0.9724 |
0.1403 |
237 |
7 |
46.17 |
2008-12-23 |
| 38. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
53.03 |
0.9966 |
0.1107 |
259 |
5 |
47.35 |
2008-12-18 |
| 39. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
53.00 |
1.0197 |
0.0846 |
226 |
6 |
47.79 |
2008-12-23 |
| 40. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
52.92 |
1.1018 |
-0.0027 |
220 |
4 |
46.43 |
2008-12-17 |
| 41. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
52.91 |
1.0138 |
0.0911 |
231 |
9 |
47.18 |
2008-12-29 |
| 42. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
52.73 |
0.9866 |
0.1112 |
218 |
10 |
45.40 |
2008-12-18 |
| 43. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
52.67 |
1.0396 |
0.0535 |
149 |
8 |
45.70 |
2009-01-29 |
| 44. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
52.62 |
1.0528 |
0.0414 |
201 |
6 |
45.06 |
2008-12-22 |
| 45. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
52.53 |
0.9991 |
0.0987 |
225 |
8 |
47.59 |
2008-12-29 |
| 46. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
52.47 |
1.0297 |
0.0651 |
249 |
6 |
45.50 |
2008-12-22 |
| 47. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
52.46 |
1.0498 |
0.0412 |
180 |
5 |
47.99 |
2008-12-29 |
| 48. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
52.44 |
0.9527 |
0.1426 |
251 |
3 |
48.84 |
2008-12-22 |
| 49. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
52.33 |
1.0201 |
0.0662 |
172 |
9 |
46.19 |
2009-01-06 |
| 50. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
52.28 |
0.9351 |
0.1514 |
190 |
15 |
43.52 |
2009-01-29 |
| 51. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
52.24 |
1.0787 |
0.0112 |
237 |
6 |
45.27 |
2009-01-06 |
| 52. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
52.13 |
1.0462 |
0.0365 |
184 |
7 |
47.37 |
2008-12-18 |
| 53. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
52.07 |
0.9852 |
0.1027 |
264 |
9 |
43.02 |
2009-01-29 |
| 54. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
52.07 |
1.0596 |
0.0259 |
239 |
9 |
45.97 |
2009-02-09 |
| 55. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
51.99 |
0.9740 |
0.1078 |
209 |
8 |
48.23 |
2008-12-18 |
| 56. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
51.94 |
0.9168 |
0.1693 |
240 |
9 |
44.21 |
2008-12-26 |
| 57. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
51.89 |
1.0487 |
0.0301 |
231 |
7 |
47.44 |
2009-01-29 |
| 58. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
51.78 |
1.0426 |
0.0381 |
323 |
3 |
47.90 |
2008-12-18 |
| 59. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
51.75 |
1.0385 |
0.0405 |
230 |
6 |
46.50 |
2008-12-23 |
| 60. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
51.71 |
1.0109 |
0.0699 |
276 |
5 |
43.89 |
2008-12-22 |
| 61. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
51.69 |
1.0023 |
0.0753 |
211 |
7 |
46.04 |
2008-12-22 |
| 62. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
51.54 |
0.9365 |
0.1413 |
248 |
10 |
42.84 |
2008-12-22 |
| 63. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
51.52 |
0.9946 |
0.0811 |
246 |
8 |
41.44 |
2008-12-23 |
| 64. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
51.49 |
1.0577 |
0.0141 |
247 |
2 |
46.36 |
2008-12-18 |
| 65. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
51.42 |
1.0368 |
0.0379 |
276 |
4 |
47.92 |
2008-12-22 |
| 66. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
51.28 |
0.9567 |
0.1140 |
273 |
6 |
46.24 |
2008-12-22 |
| 67. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
51.22 |
1.0004 |
0.0631 |
212 |
8 |
43.50 |
2008-12-29 |
| 68. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
51.20 |
0.9772 |
0.0885 |
217 |
7 |
44.70 |
2009-01-06 |
| 69. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
51.19 |
0.9045 |
0.1648 |
235 |
5 |
42.88 |
2008-12-22 |
| 70. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
51.14 |
0.9964 |
0.0716 |
203 |
6 |
46.66 |
2008-12-26 |
| 71. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
51.13 |
0.9884 |
0.0785 |
233 |
6 |
47.60 |
2009-01-29 |
| 72. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
51.10 |
1.0261 |
0.0391 |
273 |
7 |
42.88 |
2008-12-16 |
| 73. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
51.07 |
1.0483 |
0.0151 |
227 |
5 |
45.21 |
2008-12-18 |
| 74. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
51.02 |
0.9857 |
0.0787 |
293 |
5 |
42.62 |
2008-11-25 |
| 75. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
50.99 |
0.8996 |
0.1596 |
192 |
7 |
39.23 |
2008-12-17 |
| 76. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
50.82 |
0.9289 |
0.1300 |
204 |
12 |
44.35 |
2008-12-29 |
| 77. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
50.79 |
0.9068 |
0.1567 |
269 |
5 |
45.83 |
2008-12-15 |
| 78. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
50.53 |
0.9769 |
0.0760 |
263 |
7 |
43.83 |
2008-12-23 |
| 79. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
50.49 |
1.0062 |
0.0480 |
288 |
1 |
50.49 |
2008-12-22 |
| 80. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
50.39 |
0.9576 |
0.0991 |
212 |
6 |
42.86 |
2008-12-22 |
| 81. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
50.32 |
0.9756 |
0.0737 |
229 |
6 |
43.42 |
2008-12-17 |
| 82. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
50.29 |
1.0252 |
0.0183 |
176 |
11 |
45.79 |
2009-01-06 |
| 83. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
50.22 |
0.9710 |
0.0710 |
173 |
8 |
43.69 |
2009-01-25 |
| 84. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
50.05 |
0.9729 |
0.0722 |
255 |
4 |
47.51 |
2009-01-06 |
| 85. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
50.04 |
1.0337 |
0.0104 |
214 |
9 |
46.30 |
2008-12-22 |
| 86. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
50.03 |
0.9811 |
0.0661 |
272 |
5 |
41.74 |
2008-12-23 |
| 87. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
50.01 |
0.9691 |
0.0744 |
223 |
6 |
42.00 |
2008-12-23 |
| 88. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
49.99 |
1.0796 |
-0.0408 |
129 |
6 |
42.34 |
2008-12-29 |
| 89. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
49.98 |
0.9649 |
0.0774 |
193 |
5 |
44.83 |
2008-12-29 |
| 90. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
49.95 |
0.9763 |
0.0660 |
289 |
4 |
42.50 |
2008-12-15 |
| 91. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
49.92 |
1.0444 |
-0.0089 |
197 |
9 |
44.55 |
2009-02-09 |
| 92. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
49.91 |
0.8810 |
0.1617 |
282 |
6 |
43.53 |
2008-12-22 |
| 93. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
49.83 |
1.0696 |
-0.0329 |
226 |
4 |
45.04 |
2008-12-22 |
| 94. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
49.83 |
1.0515 |
-0.0132 |
250 |
6 |
44.13 |
2008-12-18 |
| 95. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
49.72 |
0.9786 |
0.0541 |
193 |
8 |
42.14 |
2008-12-16 |
| 96. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
49.67 |
1.0398 |
-0.0135 |
110 |
5 |
45.27 |
2008-12-15 |
| 97. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
49.66 |
1.0203 |
0.0197 |
261 |
3 |
47.26 |
2008-12-26 |
| 98. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
49.59 |
1.0099 |
0.0224 |
207 |
6 |
46.80 |
2008-12-18 |
| 99. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
49.55 |
0.9275 |
0.1035 |
211 |
9 |
43.97 |
2009-01-06 |
| 100. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
49.44 |
0.9646 |
0.0665 |
264 |
1 |
49.44 |
2008-12-22 |
| 101. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
49.19 |
1.0053 |
0.0194 |
232 |
5 |
46.14 |
2008-12-29 |
| 102. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
49.11 |
0.8890 |
0.1324 |
199 |
5 |
43.54 |
2008-12-23 |
| 103. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
49.00 |
1.0263 |
-0.0044 |
267 |
6 |
44.92 |
2009-01-06 |
| 104. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
48.90 |
0.9636 |
0.0569 |
254 |
6 |
43.22 |
2008-12-23 |
| 105. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
48.88 |
0.9886 |
0.0341 |
220 |
5 |
47.07 |
2008-12-29 |
| 106. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
48.77 |
0.8533 |
0.1656 |
232 |
2 |
44.83 |
2008-12-17 |
| 107. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
48.74 |
1.0131 |
0.0002 |
225 |
5 |
44.61 |
2008-12-22 |
| 108. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
48.39 |
0.9682 |
0.0397 |
143 |
5 |
42.31 |
2009-01-06 |
| 109. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
48.33 |
1.0486 |
-0.0393 |
289 |
5 |
42.55 |
2008-12-02 |
| 110. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
48.26 |
1.0168 |
-0.0084 |
271 |
5 |
40.79 |
2008-12-29 |
| 111. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
48.25 |
1.0523 |
-0.0498 |
256 |
7 |
44.73 |
2008-12-18 |
| 112. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
48.24 |
0.8826 |
0.1254 |
296 |
4 |
43.41 |
2008-12-18 |
| 113. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
48.21 |
1.0183 |
-0.0179 |
191 |
3 |
45.09 |
2008-12-22 |
| 114. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
48.21 |
0.9734 |
0.0323 |
289 |
5 |
44.49 |
2008-12-22 |
| 115. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
48.19 |
0.9286 |
0.0760 |
194 |
6 |
42.82 |
2009-01-25 |
| 116. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
48.14 |
0.9843 |
0.0152 |
234 |
4 |
42.29 |
2009-01-06 |
| 117. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
48.09 |
1.0289 |
-0.0210 |
276 |
4 |
46.23 |
2008-12-22 |
| 118. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
48.07 |
0.8553 |
0.1426 |
174 |
9 |
42.16 |
2008-12-22 |
| 119. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
48.06 |
0.8971 |
0.1110 |
266 |
2 |
45.88 |
2009-01-29 |
| 120. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
47.96 |
0.9005 |
0.0987 |
212 |
8 |
40.81 |
2008-12-23 |
| 121. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
47.82 |
1.0016 |
-0.0085 |
218 |
2 |
46.61 |
2009-01-29 |
| 122. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
47.80 |
0.9841 |
0.0170 |
334 |
2 |
41.86 |
2008-11-25 |
| 123. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
47.71 |
1.0521 |
-0.0615 |
171 |
1 |
47.71 |
2009-01-29 |
| 124. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
47.69 |
1.0213 |
-0.0295 |
240 |
6 |
41.12 |
2009-01-29 |
| 125. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
47.68 |
1.0334 |
-0.0451 |
131 |
7 |
41.55 |
2008-12-29 |
| 126. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
47.62 |
0.9986 |
-0.0045 |
283 |
5 |
42.09 |
2008-12-18 |
| 127. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
47.58 |
0.9965 |
-0.0035 |
310 |
1 |
47.58 |
2008-11-25 |
| 128. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
47.54 |
1.0352 |
-0.0408 |
341 |
2 |
46.53 |
2008-12-22 |
| 129. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
47.44 |
0.8442 |
0.1495 |
265 |
3 |
46.26 |
2008-12-18 |
| 130. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
47.36 |
0.8919 |
0.0944 |
205 |
4 |
40.04 |
2008-12-16 |
| 131. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
47.34 |
0.8975 |
0.0906 |
268 |
9 |
39.85 |
2008-12-29 |
| 132. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
47.32 |
1.0120 |
-0.0256 |
290 |
5 |
45.33 |
2008-12-16 |
| 133. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
47.28 |
1.0668 |
-0.0780 |
350 |
1 |
47.28 |
2008-11-25 |
| 134. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
47.17 |
0.9846 |
-0.0017 |
281 |
8 |
42.07 |
2008-12-18 |
| 135. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
47.16 |
0.9048 |
0.0836 |
271 |
2 |
40.95 |
2008-12-22 |
| 136. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
47.09 |
0.8961 |
0.0828 |
189 |
5 |
42.02 |
2008-12-23 |
| 137. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
47.07 |
0.9293 |
0.0534 |
355 |
1 |
47.07 |
2008-12-02 |
| 138. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
46.91 |
0.9612 |
0.0173 |
256 |
7 |
43.09 |
2008-12-23 |
| 139. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
46.87 |
1.0389 |
-0.0595 |
318 |
1 |
46.87 |
2008-11-26 |
| 140. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
46.75 |
0.8852 |
0.0920 |
201 |
6 |
42.73 |
2008-12-15 |
| 141. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
46.65 |
0.8811 |
0.0965 |
239 |
3 |
43.88 |
2008-12-15 |
| 142. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
46.36 |
0.9072 |
0.0580 |
237 |
4 |
42.25 |
2008-12-18 |
| 143. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
46.27 |
0.9196 |
0.0471 |
148 |
1 |
46.27 |
2008-11-21 |
| 144. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
46.23 |
0.8573 |
0.1104 |
270 |
4 |
42.67 |
2008-12-16 |
| 145. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
46.19 |
0.9907 |
-0.0290 |
211 |
3 |
40.93 |
2008-12-22 |
| 146. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
46.12 |
1.0567 |
-0.0943 |
303 |
4 |
41.82 |
2008-12-02 |
| 147. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
46.11 |
0.8821 |
0.0790 |
176 |
2 |
41.12 |
2008-11-24 |
| 148. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
46.06 |
0.9897 |
-0.0314 |
274 |
6 |
42.56 |
2009-01-06 |
| 149. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
45.99 |
1.0529 |
-0.0939 |
351 |
3 |
42.03 |
2008-11-25 |
| 150. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
45.97 |
0.8770 |
0.0848 |
300 |
3 |
41.23 |
2008-12-22 |
| 151. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
45.89 |
0.9820 |
-0.0222 |
267 |
6 |
39.81 |
2008-12-17 |
| 152. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
45.80 |
1.0767 |
-0.1238 |
212 |
1 |
45.80 |
2009-01-06 |
| 153. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
45.54 |
0.9597 |
-0.0060 |
347 |
4 |
41.82 |
2008-11-25 |
| 154. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
45.52 |
1.0025 |
-0.0535 |
256 |
2 |
44.67 |
2008-12-16 |
| 155. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
45.45 |
0.8956 |
0.0567 |
322 |
2 |
42.09 |
2008-12-02 |
| 156. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
45.29 |
0.9485 |
-0.0025 |
236 |
3 |
43.33 |
2008-12-18 |
| 157. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
45.12 |
0.9429 |
-0.0009 |
287 |
5 |
42.55 |
2008-12-22 |
| 158. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
44.99 |
0.9266 |
0.0114 |
267 |
1 |
44.99 |
2009-01-06 |
| 159. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
44.92 |
0.9684 |
-0.0292 |
388 |
2 |
43.21 |
2008-11-25 |
| 160. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
44.89 |
0.9570 |
-0.0195 |
287 |
4 |
41.50 |
2008-12-10 |
| 161. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
44.89 |
0.9260 |
0.0202 |
243 |
1 |
44.89 |
2008-11-20 |
| 162. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
44.88 |
0.9468 |
-0.0117 |
276 |
4 |
39.08 |
2008-12-29 |
| 163. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
44.51 |
0.9731 |
-0.0578 |
129 |
6 |
41.63 |
2009-01-25 |
| 164. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
44.47 |
0.9532 |
-0.0276 |
258 |
6 |
40.33 |
2009-01-29 |
| 165. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
44.36 |
0.9226 |
0.0058 |
177 |
2 |
43.34 |
2008-11-21 |
| 166. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
44.26 |
0.8595 |
0.0648 |
242 |
3 |
39.54 |
2008-12-29 |
| 167. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
44.21 |
0.9780 |
-0.0555 |
337 |
1 |
44.21 |
2008-12-15 |
| 168. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
44.19 |
0.9540 |
-0.0348 |
285 |
4 |
38.21 |
2008-12-15 |
| 169. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
44.15 |
0.9084 |
0.0136 |
300 |
3 |
38.43 |
2008-11-24 |
| 170. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
44.10 |
1.0034 |
-0.0858 |
302 |
4 |
40.39 |
2008-12-02 |
| 171. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
44.10 |
0.9500 |
-0.0287 |
362 |
3 |
43.55 |
2008-11-24 |
| 172. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
44.05 |
0.9805 |
-0.0578 |
292 |
1 |
44.05 |
2008-11-24 |
| 173. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
43.99 |
0.9234 |
-0.0012 |
346 |
1 |
43.99 |
2008-11-25 |
| 174. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
43.92 |
0.9697 |
-0.0542 |
249 |
4 |
41.99 |
2008-12-29 |
| 175. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
43.64 |
0.9633 |
-0.0517 |
304 |
2 |
43.17 |
2008-12-02 |
| 176. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
43.52 |
0.8935 |
0.0231 |
328 |
1 |
43.52 |
2008-12-02 |
| 177. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
43.40 |
0.9226 |
-0.0120 |
348 |
1 |
43.40 |
2008-12-02 |
| 178. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
43.31 |
0.9464 |
-0.0389 |
323 |
1 |
43.31 |
2008-11-25 |
| 179. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
43.26 |
0.8382 |
0.0637 |
268 |
6 |
40.20 |
2008-12-18 |
| 180. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
43.23 |
0.9164 |
-0.0109 |
305 |
2 |
43.04 |
2008-12-10 |
| 181. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
43.01 |
0.8602 |
0.0337 |
206 |
6 |
39.14 |
2009-01-29 |
| 182. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
42.89 |
1.0555 |
-0.1605 |
363 |
2 |
42.62 |
2008-11-25 |
| 183. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
42.69 |
0.9768 |
-0.0849 |
387 |
1 |
42.69 |
2008-11-25 |
| 184. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
42.58 |
0.8916 |
-0.0043 |
216 |
9 |
38.52 |
2008-12-23 |
| 185. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
42.55 |
0.9514 |
-0.0647 |
237 |
3 |
40.42 |
2008-12-15 |
| 186. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
42.52 |
0.9776 |
-0.0917 |
308 |
3 |
39.52 |
2008-11-21 |
| 187. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
42.52 |
0.8709 |
0.0227 |
202 |
3 |
39.50 |
2008-11-20 |
| 188. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
42.35 |
0.9798 |
-0.1034 |
199 |
4 |
41.04 |
2009-01-29 |
| 189. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
42.26 |
0.9309 |
-0.0526 |
284 |
4 |
39.28 |
2008-12-10 |
| 190. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
42.18 |
1.0399 |
-0.1561 |
294 |
1 |
42.18 |
2008-12-02 |
| 191. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
42.14 |
0.9233 |
-0.0539 |
168 |
9 |
37.51 |
2008-12-15 |
| 192. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
42.10 |
1.0013 |
-0.1253 |
273 |
1 |
42.10 |
2008-11-21 |
| 193. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
42.10 |
0.9997 |
-0.1192 |
382 |
2 |
40.82 |
2008-12-02 |
| 194. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
42.02 |
1.0829 |
-0.2062 |
288 |
3 |
41.22 |
2008-12-10 |
| 195. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
41.92 |
0.9411 |
-0.0672 |
318 |
1 |
41.92 |
2008-11-21 |
| 196. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
41.89 |
0.9910 |
-0.1167 |
295 |
2 |
39.95 |
2008-11-21 |
| 197. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
41.86 |
0.8105 |
0.0570 |
204 |
1 |
41.86 |
2008-12-18 |
| 198. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
41.64 |
1.0666 |
-0.1994 |
297 |
3 |
40.84 |
2008-12-16 |
| 199. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
41.53 |
1.0445 |
-0.1788 |
373 |
2 |
41.20 |
2008-11-24 |
| 200. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
41.24 |
0.9266 |
-0.0661 |
278 |
3 |
37.41 |
2008-12-12 |
| 201. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
41.10 |
1.0389 |
-0.1808 |
340 |
1 |
41.10 |
2008-11-18 |
| 202. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
40.94 |
1.0534 |
-0.1989 |
357 |
1 |
40.94 |
2008-11-25 |
| 203. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
40.93 |
0.9635 |
-0.1060 |
389 |
1 |
40.93 |
2008-12-02 |
| 204. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
40.84 |
0.8154 |
0.0366 |
193 |
3 |
39.51 |
2008-12-10 |
| 205. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
40.74 |
1.0201 |
-0.1716 |
303 |
1 |
40.74 |
2008-11-21 |
| 206. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
40.48 |
0.9257 |
-0.0776 |
317 |
2 |
38.89 |
2008-11-21 |
| 207. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
40.42 |
0.9513 |
-0.1061 |
354 |
1 |
40.42 |
2008-11-18 |
| 208. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
40.34 |
0.9844 |
-0.1399 |
293 |
4 |
40.24 |
2008-11-25 |
| 209. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
40.21 |
0.9578 |
-0.1214 |
281 |
2 |
38.38 |
2008-11-25 |
| 210. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
40.02 |
0.8899 |
-0.0459 |
293 |
3 |
36.28 |
2008-11-21 |
| 211. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
40.02 |
0.8956 |
-0.0601 |
217 |
2 |
38.15 |
2008-11-21 |
| 212. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
39.91 |
0.9376 |
-0.1016 |
367 |
1 |
39.91 |
2008-12-02 |
| 213. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
39.74 |
0.9795 |
-0.1525 |
308 |
3 |
34.66 |
2008-11-18 |
| 214. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
39.55 |
0.9084 |
-0.0813 |
404 |
2 |
37.66 |
2008-11-24 |
| 215. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
39.30 |
0.9049 |
-0.0818 |
351 |
1 |
39.30 |
2008-11-26 |
| 216. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
39.12 |
0.9851 |
-0.1690 |
317 |
1 |
39.12 |
2008-11-21 |
| 217. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
38.80 |
0.9307 |
-0.1156 |
246 |
1 |
38.80 |
2008-11-11 |
| 218. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
38.59 |
0.9936 |
-0.1912 |
311 |
1 |
38.59 |
2008-11-21 |
| 219. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
38.49 |
0.9088 |
-0.1030 |
348 |
1 |
38.49 |
2008-12-02 |
| 220. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
38.37 |
0.8878 |
-0.0900 |
346 |
2 |
35.56 |
2008-11-21 |
| 221. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
38.13 |
0.9893 |
-0.1962 |
323 |
1 |
38.13 |
2008-11-21 |
| 222. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.11 |
1.0496 |
-0.2578 |
314 |
1 |
38.11 |
2008-11-20 |
| 223. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
37.77 |
0.8791 |
-0.0947 |
190 |
1 |
37.77 |
2008-11-18 |
| 224. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
37.48 |
0.9614 |
-0.1792 |
292 |
2 |
35.46 |
2008-12-22 |
| 225. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
37.04 |
1.0063 |
-0.2360 |
371 |
1 |
37.04 |
2008-11-18 |
| 226. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
36.83 |
0.9342 |
-0.1652 |
434 |
2 |
35.92 |
2008-11-18 |
| 227. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
36.68 |
0.9339 |
-0.1731 |
310 |
2 |
34.64 |
2008-11-20 |
| 228. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
36.22 |
0.8096 |
-0.0491 |
209 |
2 |
36.13 |
2008-11-21 |
| 229. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
35.98 |
0.8722 |
-0.1218 |
285 |
1 |
35.98 |
2008-11-18 |
| 230. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
35.83 |
0.9672 |
-0.2164 |
396 |
1 |
35.83 |
2008-11-24 |
| 231. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
35.50 |
0.8958 |
-0.1538 |
322 |
2 |
34.72 |
2008-11-17 |
| 232. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
35.46 |
0.9316 |
-0.1891 |
287 |
1 |
35.46 |
2008-11-18 |
| 233. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
35.39 |
0.8792 |
-0.1349 |
296 |
1 |
35.39 |
2008-11-17 |
| 234. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
34.86 |
0.9213 |
-0.1970 |
295 |
1 |
34.86 |
2008-11-18 |
| 235. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
34.64 |
0.9330 |
-0.2072 |
360 |
1 |
34.64 |
2008-11-25 |
| 236. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
34.19 |
0.8615 |
-0.1517 |
110 |
1 |
34.19 |
2008-11-11 |
| 237. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
32.96 |
0.9212 |
-0.2342 |
323 |
1 |
32.96 |
2008-11-17 |
| 238. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
32.33 |
0.8153 |
-0.1401 |
200 |
1 |
32.33 |
2008-11-17 |
| 239. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
31.73 |
0.9863 |
-0.3242 |
339 |
1 |
31.73 |
2008-11-17 |
| 240. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
29.30 |
0.7876 |
-0.1787 |
316 |
1 |
29.30 |
2008-11-24 |