| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
82.84 |
1.0714 |
0.0636 |
129 |
6 |
71.86 |
2008-12-08 |
| 2. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
82.54 |
1.0483 |
0.0884 |
227 |
9 |
67.31 |
2008-12-24 |
| 3. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
82.44 |
1.0613 |
0.0779 |
266 |
10 |
69.11 |
2008-11-25 |
| 4. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
82.28 |
1.0595 |
0.0791 |
379 |
14 |
69.54 |
2008-12-30 |
| 5. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
82.05 |
1.0251 |
0.1056 |
261 |
17 |
66.85 |
2008-12-19 |
| 6. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
81.26 |
1.0799 |
0.0383 |
243 |
10 |
68.34 |
2008-12-30 |
| 7. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
80.42 |
1.0596 |
0.0484 |
239 |
8 |
68.47 |
2008-12-15 |
| 8. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
80.42 |
0.9691 |
0.1405 |
223 |
20 |
61.41 |
2008-12-15 |
| 9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
80.34 |
1.0788 |
0.0246 |
171 |
14 |
67.05 |
2008-12-17 |
| 10. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
79.62 |
1.0396 |
0.0522 |
149 |
9 |
69.46 |
2008-12-30 |
| 11. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
79.57 |
0.9863 |
0.1164 |
339 |
9 |
66.97 |
2008-12-30 |
| 12. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
79.28 |
0.9710 |
0.1167 |
173 |
10 |
68.46 |
2008-12-19 |
| 13. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
79.25 |
1.0213 |
0.0693 |
240 |
14 |
68.08 |
2008-12-29 |
| 14. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
79.18 |
1.0252 |
0.0611 |
176 |
14 |
69.16 |
2008-12-19 |
| 15. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
79.05 |
1.1016 |
-0.0105 |
233 |
9 |
64.76 |
2008-12-30 |
| 16. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
78.96 |
1.0534 |
0.0385 |
357 |
15 |
69.10 |
2008-12-24 |
| 17. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
78.85 |
1.0577 |
0.0270 |
247 |
8 |
72.82 |
2008-12-09 |
| 18. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
78.67 |
0.9763 |
0.1089 |
289 |
15 |
63.93 |
2008-12-18 |
| 19. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
78.50 |
1.0619 |
0.0250 |
354 |
10 |
69.81 |
2008-12-18 |
| 20. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
78.44 |
0.9649 |
0.1165 |
193 |
15 |
62.28 |
2008-12-16 |
| 21. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
78.40 |
1.0555 |
0.0278 |
363 |
17 |
70.18 |
2008-12-30 |
| 22. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
78.25 |
1.0131 |
0.0628 |
225 |
7 |
68.09 |
2008-12-29 |
| 23. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
78.05 |
0.8961 |
0.1775 |
189 |
9 |
65.91 |
2008-12-09 |
| 24. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
78.03 |
1.0462 |
0.0245 |
184 |
13 |
65.98 |
2008-12-15 |
| 25. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
77.91 |
1.0352 |
0.0430 |
341 |
15 |
66.49 |
2008-12-04 |
| 26. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
77.86 |
1.0696 |
0.0013 |
226 |
10 |
71.65 |
2008-12-30 |
| 27. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
77.81 |
0.9936 |
0.0798 |
311 |
12 |
65.93 |
2008-12-15 |
| 28. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
77.68 |
1.0398 |
0.0216 |
110 |
11 |
66.49 |
2009-01-06 |
| 29. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
77.50 |
1.0337 |
0.0351 |
214 |
8 |
71.10 |
2008-12-16 |
| 30. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
77.35 |
1.0445 |
0.0237 |
373 |
9 |
70.65 |
2008-12-30 |
| 31. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
77.15 |
1.0444 |
0.0135 |
197 |
16 |
67.91 |
2008-12-09 |
| 32. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
77.13 |
0.9899 |
0.0696 |
163 |
14 |
66.08 |
2009-01-06 |
| 33. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
76.60 |
1.0529 |
0.0038 |
351 |
13 |
71.24 |
2008-11-19 |
| 34. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
76.60 |
1.0829 |
-0.0246 |
288 |
17 |
68.43 |
2008-12-29 |
| 35. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
76.59 |
1.0515 |
0.0033 |
250 |
12 |
67.20 |
2008-12-30 |
| 36. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
76.59 |
1.1114 |
-0.0574 |
247 |
9 |
69.51 |
2008-12-09 |
| 37. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
76.59 |
1.0711 |
-0.0195 |
213 |
15 |
65.43 |
2008-12-19 |
| 38. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
76.56 |
1.0498 |
0.0016 |
180 |
12 |
67.88 |
2008-12-19 |
| 39. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
76.39 |
0.9233 |
0.1223 |
168 |
7 |
65.58 |
2008-12-30 |
| 40. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
76.30 |
1.0486 |
0.0048 |
289 |
10 |
67.48 |
2008-12-03 |
| 41. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
76.14 |
1.0567 |
-0.0057 |
303 |
12 |
66.33 |
2008-12-09 |
| 42. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
76.08 |
1.0787 |
-0.0305 |
237 |
6 |
67.47 |
2008-11-10 |
| 43. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
76.08 |
0.9676 |
0.0902 |
442 |
12 |
66.83 |
2008-12-29 |
| 44. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
75.90 |
1.0203 |
0.0301 |
261 |
14 |
62.45 |
2008-12-02 |
| 45. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
75.76 |
1.0349 |
0.0095 |
234 |
6 |
67.04 |
2008-11-11 |
| 46. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
75.58 |
1.0613 |
-0.0138 |
456 |
11 |
65.41 |
2008-12-08 |
| 47. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
75.57 |
1.0368 |
0.0065 |
276 |
8 |
66.25 |
2008-12-17 |
| 48. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
75.57 |
1.0263 |
0.0153 |
267 |
14 |
63.07 |
2008-12-24 |
| 49. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
75.48 |
1.0214 |
0.0181 |
269 |
13 |
67.73 |
2008-12-19 |
| 50. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
75.37 |
1.0516 |
-0.0124 |
281 |
6 |
70.29 |
2008-11-21 |
| 51. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
75.35 |
1.0289 |
0.0148 |
276 |
7 |
67.31 |
2009-01-06 |
| 52. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
75.24 |
1.0214 |
0.0110 |
166 |
10 |
66.64 |
2008-12-19 |
| 53. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
75.23 |
0.9997 |
0.0416 |
382 |
11 |
66.91 |
2008-12-24 |
| 54. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
75.20 |
0.9786 |
0.0534 |
193 |
13 |
62.38 |
2008-12-24 |
| 55. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
75.12 |
1.0138 |
0.0219 |
231 |
6 |
63.52 |
2008-12-30 |
| 56. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
74.98 |
0.9966 |
0.0370 |
259 |
10 |
67.20 |
2008-12-15 |
| 57. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
74.94 |
0.9965 |
0.0323 |
168 |
12 |
63.00 |
2008-12-10 |
| 58. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
74.66 |
1.0334 |
-0.0102 |
131 |
8 |
65.92 |
2008-12-05 |
| 59. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
74.63 |
1.0063 |
0.0234 |
371 |
23 |
67.04 |
2008-12-30 |
| 60. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
74.55 |
1.0487 |
-0.0255 |
231 |
6 |
68.44 |
2009-01-06 |
| 61. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
74.54 |
1.0168 |
0.0126 |
271 |
17 |
64.63 |
2008-12-16 |
| 62. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
74.53 |
1.0429 |
-0.0164 |
259 |
8 |
67.80 |
2008-11-20 |
| 63. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
74.43 |
1.0029 |
0.0172 |
209 |
13 |
68.64 |
2008-12-30 |
| 64. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
74.41 |
1.1018 |
-0.0820 |
220 |
14 |
67.19 |
2008-11-21 |
| 65. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
74.35 |
1.0454 |
-0.0237 |
255 |
10 |
66.44 |
2008-12-03 |
| 66. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
74.31 |
0.9593 |
0.0702 |
398 |
13 |
68.11 |
2008-12-24 |
| 67. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
74.27 |
1.0016 |
0.0181 |
218 |
14 |
65.54 |
2008-12-30 |
| 68. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
74.26 |
1.0201 |
-0.0028 |
172 |
7 |
66.24 |
2008-12-19 |
| 69. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
74.25 |
1.0666 |
-0.0425 |
297 |
12 |
63.11 |
2008-12-24 |
| 70. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
74.23 |
1.0419 |
-0.0182 |
261 |
9 |
68.77 |
2008-12-11 |
| 71. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
74.18 |
1.0389 |
-0.0142 |
318 |
20 |
65.96 |
2008-12-30 |
| 72. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
74.09 |
1.0109 |
0.0116 |
276 |
8 |
68.92 |
2008-12-04 |
| 73. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
74.04 |
0.8981 |
0.1275 |
393 |
14 |
63.37 |
2008-12-30 |
| 74. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
74.02 |
1.0797 |
-0.0645 |
210 |
8 |
67.26 |
2008-12-08 |
| 75. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
74.02 |
0.9758 |
0.0457 |
314 |
14 |
64.16 |
2008-12-19 |
| 76. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
74.01 |
0.9894 |
0.0356 |
323 |
10 |
62.09 |
2008-12-19 |
| 77. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
74.01 |
0.9941 |
0.0241 |
217 |
9 |
66.59 |
2008-12-16 |
| 78. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
74.01 |
0.9168 |
0.1051 |
240 |
13 |
61.08 |
2008-12-29 |
| 79. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
73.92 |
1.0053 |
0.0121 |
232 |
10 |
64.08 |
2008-12-11 |
| 80. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
73.87 |
0.9351 |
0.0781 |
190 |
19 |
64.59 |
2008-12-17 |
| 81. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
73.84 |
1.0385 |
-0.0221 |
230 |
11 |
68.08 |
2008-12-23 |
| 82. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
73.83 |
0.9468 |
0.0708 |
276 |
5 |
63.25 |
2008-12-29 |
| 83. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
73.78 |
0.9907 |
0.0251 |
211 |
16 |
65.26 |
2008-12-30 |
| 84. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
73.74 |
1.0528 |
-0.0409 |
201 |
12 |
63.09 |
2008-12-09 |
| 85. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
73.72 |
0.9723 |
0.0480 |
364 |
11 |
64.68 |
2008-12-29 |
| 86. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
73.67 |
1.0340 |
-0.0129 |
406 |
7 |
66.08 |
2008-12-19 |
| 87. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
73.63 |
0.9635 |
0.0572 |
389 |
11 |
63.39 |
2008-12-29 |
| 88. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
73.62 |
0.9780 |
0.0382 |
337 |
7 |
68.09 |
2009-01-06 |
| 89. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
73.61 |
1.0167 |
0.0051 |
378 |
6 |
64.59 |
2008-11-20 |
| 90. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
73.58 |
0.9852 |
0.0297 |
264 |
13 |
64.58 |
2008-12-19 |
| 91. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
73.49 |
0.9293 |
0.0849 |
355 |
14 |
60.28 |
2008-12-24 |
| 92. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
73.45 |
1.0496 |
-0.0375 |
314 |
10 |
66.57 |
2009-01-06 |
| 93. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
73.32 |
1.0796 |
-0.0734 |
129 |
10 |
63.73 |
2008-12-11 |
| 94. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
73.32 |
1.0257 |
-0.0083 |
401 |
11 |
66.63 |
2008-12-30 |
| 95. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
73.26 |
1.0399 |
-0.0245 |
294 |
7 |
67.00 |
2008-11-24 |
| 96. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
73.21 |
1.0025 |
0.0079 |
336 |
7 |
68.29 |
2008-12-19 |
| 97. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
73.21 |
1.0099 |
-0.0033 |
207 |
10 |
67.34 |
2008-12-24 |
| 98. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
73.17 |
1.0073 |
0.0096 |
369 |
10 |
65.75 |
2008-12-30 |
| 99. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
73.12 |
1.0034 |
0.0033 |
302 |
11 |
63.74 |
2008-12-30 |
| 100. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
73.10 |
1.0025 |
0.0053 |
256 |
12 |
64.88 |
2008-12-09 |
| 101. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
73.00 |
0.9289 |
0.0753 |
204 |
4 |
64.26 |
2008-11-21 |
| 102. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
72.98 |
1.0062 |
0.0000 |
288 |
7 |
67.67 |
2008-12-10 |
| 103. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
72.95 |
1.0391 |
-0.0272 |
358 |
12 |
65.87 |
2008-12-24 |
| 104. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
72.85 |
0.9820 |
0.0252 |
267 |
16 |
64.07 |
2008-12-30 |
| 105. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
72.84 |
0.9619 |
0.0476 |
393 |
11 |
63.26 |
2008-12-30 |
| 106. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
72.84 |
1.0417 |
-0.0399 |
253 |
9 |
65.89 |
2008-12-30 |
| 107. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
72.83 |
0.9841 |
0.0238 |
334 |
8 |
63.22 |
2008-12-24 |
| 108. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
72.81 |
1.0389 |
-0.0326 |
340 |
11 |
65.17 |
2008-12-08 |
| 109. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
72.81 |
0.9851 |
0.0210 |
317 |
12 |
64.36 |
2008-11-25 |
| 110. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
72.59 |
0.9798 |
0.0153 |
199 |
9 |
62.96 |
2008-11-21 |
| 111. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
72.53 |
0.9601 |
0.0446 |
308 |
14 |
63.88 |
2008-12-17 |
| 112. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
72.47 |
1.0297 |
-0.0318 |
249 |
7 |
64.95 |
2008-12-08 |
| 113. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
72.44 |
1.0004 |
-0.0078 |
212 |
9 |
65.09 |
2008-12-30 |
| 114. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
72.43 |
0.9687 |
0.0346 |
371 |
15 |
66.51 |
2008-12-09 |
| 115. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
72.42 |
0.9339 |
0.0630 |
310 |
11 |
63.83 |
2008-12-11 |
| 116. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
72.35 |
1.0165 |
-0.0152 |
392 |
10 |
66.38 |
2008-11-26 |
| 117. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
72.24 |
0.9553 |
0.0478 |
430 |
8 |
64.80 |
2008-12-05 |
| 118. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
72.24 |
0.9964 |
-0.0004 |
203 |
7 |
64.50 |
2008-12-17 |
| 119. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
72.23 |
0.9942 |
0.0104 |
483 |
7 |
64.00 |
2008-11-20 |
| 120. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
72.10 |
0.9275 |
0.0632 |
211 |
9 |
60.34 |
2008-12-30 |
| 121. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
72.08 |
1.0477 |
-0.0516 |
360 |
13 |
67.15 |
2008-12-04 |
| 122. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
72.07 |
1.0523 |
-0.0631 |
256 |
12 |
65.90 |
2009-01-06 |
| 123. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
71.95 |
0.9769 |
0.0129 |
263 |
5 |
66.62 |
2008-11-24 |
| 124. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
71.93 |
0.9844 |
0.0120 |
293 |
11 |
64.11 |
2008-12-23 |
| 125. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
71.92 |
0.9865 |
0.0060 |
276 |
7 |
65.57 |
2008-12-19 |
| 126. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
71.82 |
0.9500 |
0.0422 |
362 |
8 |
63.76 |
2008-12-18 |
| 127. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
71.82 |
1.0331 |
-0.0453 |
234 |
14 |
58.45 |
2008-12-30 |
| 128. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
71.79 |
0.9567 |
0.0327 |
273 |
15 |
64.27 |
2008-12-19 |
| 129. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
71.67 |
1.0183 |
-0.0360 |
191 |
9 |
63.52 |
2008-12-30 |
| 130. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
71.64 |
1.0201 |
-0.0322 |
303 |
10 |
64.43 |
2008-12-19 |
| 131. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
71.64 |
1.0095 |
-0.0231 |
316 |
10 |
65.68 |
2008-11-19 |
| 132. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
71.61 |
1.0426 |
-0.0562 |
323 |
13 |
66.58 |
2008-12-19 |
| 133. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
71.52 |
0.9905 |
0.0032 |
377 |
12 |
65.22 |
2008-12-30 |
| 134. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
71.47 |
0.8852 |
0.1021 |
201 |
11 |
62.19 |
2008-12-30 |
| 135. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
71.39 |
1.0120 |
-0.0288 |
290 |
9 |
63.54 |
2008-12-08 |
| 136. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
71.32 |
0.9795 |
0.0036 |
308 |
6 |
63.39 |
2008-12-19 |
| 137. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
71.27 |
0.9646 |
0.0169 |
264 |
6 |
62.99 |
2008-11-13 |
| 138. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
71.27 |
0.9831 |
0.0073 |
469 |
14 |
64.62 |
2008-12-30 |
| 139. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
71.13 |
1.0296 |
-0.0428 |
437 |
11 |
64.47 |
2008-12-23 |
| 140. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
71.05 |
0.9754 |
0.0100 |
362 |
8 |
64.27 |
2008-12-16 |
| 141. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
71.04 |
0.9785 |
0.0038 |
335 |
13 |
61.02 |
2008-12-09 |
| 142. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
71.02 |
0.9884 |
-0.0103 |
233 |
8 |
60.55 |
2008-11-19 |
| 143. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
71.00 |
0.9429 |
0.0370 |
287 |
9 |
61.73 |
2008-12-23 |
| 144. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
70.96 |
0.9614 |
0.0196 |
292 |
11 |
63.92 |
2008-12-29 |
| 145. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
70.95 |
0.9005 |
0.0759 |
212 |
14 |
62.12 |
2008-12-30 |
| 146. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
70.93 |
0.9636 |
0.0139 |
254 |
7 |
64.14 |
2008-12-10 |
| 147. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
70.91 |
0.9426 |
0.0378 |
317 |
7 |
65.46 |
2008-11-21 |
| 148. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
70.86 |
0.9886 |
-0.0095 |
220 |
12 |
64.84 |
2009-01-06 |
| 149. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
70.85 |
0.9540 |
0.0207 |
285 |
8 |
63.67 |
2008-12-09 |
| 150. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
70.84 |
0.9514 |
0.0253 |
237 |
9 |
65.70 |
2008-12-24 |
| 151. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
70.80 |
0.9697 |
0.0063 |
249 |
12 |
63.90 |
2008-12-29 |
| 152. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
70.76 |
0.9866 |
-0.0151 |
218 |
11 |
63.63 |
2008-12-11 |
| 153. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
70.76 |
0.9597 |
0.0196 |
347 |
7 |
62.49 |
2008-11-21 |
| 154. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
70.75 |
0.9464 |
0.0338 |
323 |
10 |
60.69 |
2008-12-22 |
| 155. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
70.65 |
1.0565 |
-0.0854 |
247 |
5 |
69.15 |
2008-12-24 |
| 156. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
70.65 |
0.9879 |
-0.0055 |
450 |
7 |
64.93 |
2008-12-17 |
| 157. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
70.62 |
1.0068 |
-0.0302 |
358 |
11 |
65.56 |
2008-12-11 |
| 158. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
70.42 |
0.9578 |
0.0122 |
281 |
13 |
64.00 |
2008-12-05 |
| 159. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
70.39 |
1.0441 |
-0.0725 |
252 |
8 |
64.17 |
2008-12-19 |
| 160. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
70.35 |
0.9084 |
0.0652 |
404 |
10 |
63.39 |
2008-12-08 |
| 161. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
70.32 |
0.9843 |
-0.0202 |
234 |
10 |
64.74 |
2008-12-23 |
| 162. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
70.31 |
1.0261 |
-0.0590 |
273 |
9 |
61.97 |
2008-10-20 |
| 163. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
70.20 |
1.0197 |
-0.0552 |
226 |
5 |
63.95 |
2008-12-24 |
| 164. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
70.20 |
0.9684 |
0.0017 |
388 |
9 |
64.70 |
2008-12-11 |
| 165. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
70.17 |
1.0023 |
-0.0372 |
211 |
10 |
63.70 |
2008-12-03 |
| 166. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
70.17 |
0.9266 |
0.0405 |
267 |
11 |
61.76 |
2008-12-05 |
| 167. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
70.17 |
0.9734 |
-0.0067 |
289 |
10 |
57.66 |
2008-12-29 |
| 168. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
70.12 |
1.0218 |
-0.0584 |
268 |
1 |
70.12 |
2009-01-06 |
| 169. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
70.05 |
1.0668 |
-0.0990 |
350 |
7 |
67.09 |
2008-11-12 |
| 170. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
70.02 |
0.9946 |
-0.0299 |
246 |
6 |
64.59 |
2008-12-30 |
| 171. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
69.98 |
0.9772 |
-0.0164 |
217 |
11 |
64.77 |
2008-12-30 |
| 172. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
69.88 |
0.9532 |
0.0084 |
258 |
16 |
65.00 |
2008-12-24 |
| 173. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
69.84 |
1.0352 |
-0.0702 |
341 |
12 |
66.82 |
2008-12-23 |
| 174. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
69.83 |
0.9286 |
0.0327 |
194 |
9 |
63.88 |
2008-12-30 |
| 175. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
69.82 |
0.9557 |
0.0127 |
331 |
11 |
62.12 |
2008-12-30 |
| 176. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
69.72 |
0.9411 |
0.0204 |
318 |
11 |
63.97 |
2008-12-19 |
| 177. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
69.65 |
0.9622 |
0.0039 |
392 |
8 |
61.88 |
2008-12-19 |
| 178. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
69.64 |
1.0993 |
-0.1418 |
265 |
8 |
64.44 |
2008-12-09 |
| 179. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
69.55 |
0.9527 |
0.0055 |
251 |
13 |
64.21 |
2008-12-24 |
| 180. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
69.45 |
0.9740 |
-0.0212 |
209 |
6 |
63.67 |
2008-12-11 |
| 181. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
69.43 |
1.0390 |
-0.0861 |
205 |
9 |
65.87 |
2008-12-10 |
| 182. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
69.43 |
0.9202 |
0.0358 |
254 |
12 |
59.54 |
2008-12-19 |
| 183. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
69.23 |
0.9164 |
0.0423 |
305 |
12 |
60.97 |
2008-12-29 |
| 184. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
69.22 |
1.0124 |
-0.0611 |
204 |
8 |
60.24 |
2008-12-24 |
| 185. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
69.19 |
0.9805 |
-0.0226 |
292 |
5 |
63.08 |
2008-11-25 |
| 186. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
69.17 |
0.9681 |
-0.0068 |
378 |
6 |
63.92 |
2008-12-16 |
| 187. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
68.99 |
1.0013 |
-0.0517 |
273 |
15 |
61.89 |
2008-12-09 |
| 188. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
68.98 |
0.9212 |
0.0325 |
323 |
11 |
61.91 |
2008-12-15 |
| 189. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
68.92 |
0.9846 |
-0.0362 |
281 |
12 |
62.75 |
2009-01-06 |
| 190. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
68.86 |
0.9731 |
-0.0369 |
129 |
17 |
58.63 |
2008-12-30 |
| 191. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
68.84 |
0.9087 |
0.0504 |
393 |
13 |
62.37 |
2008-11-06 |
| 192. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
68.80 |
0.9653 |
-0.0091 |
394 |
6 |
65.44 |
2008-12-10 |
| 193. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
68.78 |
0.8933 |
0.0607 |
363 |
12 |
58.81 |
2008-12-05 |
| 194. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
68.70 |
0.9125 |
0.0358 |
308 |
11 |
62.06 |
2009-01-06 |
| 195. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
68.64 |
0.9991 |
-0.0530 |
225 |
8 |
62.49 |
2008-10-21 |
| 196. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
68.63 |
0.9965 |
-0.0507 |
310 |
16 |
59.70 |
2008-12-18 |
| 197. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
68.53 |
1.0060 |
-0.0666 |
171 |
9 |
59.49 |
2008-11-03 |
| 198. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
68.42 |
0.9893 |
-0.0466 |
323 |
8 |
63.68 |
2008-11-10 |
| 199. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
68.39 |
0.9049 |
0.0426 |
351 |
13 |
61.27 |
2009-01-06 |
| 200. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
68.23 |
0.9372 |
0.0067 |
320 |
10 |
62.84 |
2008-12-19 |
| 201. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
68.20 |
0.8878 |
0.0515 |
346 |
15 |
61.15 |
2008-12-30 |
| 202. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
68.09 |
0.8553 |
0.0776 |
174 |
11 |
59.49 |
2008-12-29 |
| 203. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
67.92 |
0.9833 |
-0.0461 |
355 |
10 |
62.93 |
2008-11-26 |
| 204. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
67.90 |
1.0201 |
-0.0808 |
375 |
10 |
64.23 |
2008-12-03 |
| 205. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
67.84 |
0.9064 |
0.0373 |
399 |
8 |
63.98 |
2008-12-30 |
| 206. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
67.70 |
0.9365 |
-0.0026 |
248 |
10 |
60.53 |
2008-12-24 |
| 207. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
67.65 |
0.9612 |
-0.0294 |
256 |
11 |
58.32 |
2009-01-06 |
| 208. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
67.53 |
0.9330 |
0.0037 |
360 |
10 |
60.45 |
2008-12-08 |
| 209. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
67.46 |
0.9376 |
-0.0030 |
367 |
8 |
62.77 |
2008-11-20 |
| 210. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
67.39 |
0.9485 |
-0.0186 |
236 |
10 |
61.03 |
2008-12-16 |
| 211. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
67.37 |
0.9278 |
0.0028 |
295 |
8 |
57.90 |
2008-12-11 |
| 212. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
67.30 |
0.9309 |
-0.0059 |
284 |
11 |
60.68 |
2008-12-09 |
| 213. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
67.28 |
0.9857 |
-0.0601 |
293 |
10 |
62.90 |
2009-01-06 |
| 214. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
67.26 |
0.9675 |
-0.0316 |
383 |
7 |
64.64 |
2008-12-16 |
| 215. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
67.25 |
0.9756 |
-0.0507 |
229 |
12 |
59.18 |
2008-12-23 |
| 216. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
67.24 |
0.9776 |
-0.0513 |
308 |
16 |
61.93 |
2008-12-04 |
| 217. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
67.05 |
0.9513 |
-0.0241 |
354 |
9 |
63.24 |
2008-12-17 |
| 218. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
66.97 |
0.9430 |
-0.0280 |
211 |
7 |
61.04 |
2008-12-16 |
| 219. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
66.85 |
0.9986 |
-0.0774 |
283 |
8 |
64.01 |
2008-12-09 |
| 220. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
66.85 |
0.9897 |
-0.0714 |
274 |
7 |
63.04 |
2008-12-10 |
| 221. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
66.82 |
0.9811 |
-0.0582 |
272 |
4 |
64.53 |
2008-12-29 |
| 222. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
66.82 |
0.8722 |
0.0509 |
285 |
6 |
62.38 |
2008-12-16 |
| 223. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
66.77 |
0.9074 |
0.0186 |
396 |
7 |
61.36 |
2008-12-30 |
| 224. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
66.57 |
0.9279 |
-0.0047 |
317 |
10 |
58.58 |
2008-12-29 |
| 225. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
66.55 |
0.9213 |
-0.0044 |
295 |
10 |
59.49 |
2008-12-10 |
| 226. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
66.53 |
0.9398 |
-0.0143 |
419 |
9 |
62.19 |
2008-11-26 |
| 227. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
66.47 |
0.9729 |
-0.0574 |
255 |
1 |
66.47 |
2008-10-06 |
| 228. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
66.33 |
0.9910 |
-0.0757 |
295 |
7 |
62.89 |
2008-11-21 |
| 229. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
66.23 |
0.9672 |
-0.0487 |
396 |
8 |
60.75 |
2008-12-09 |
| 230. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
66.16 |
0.8958 |
0.0198 |
322 |
12 |
61.35 |
2008-12-19 |
| 231. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
66.14 |
0.8996 |
0.0056 |
192 |
11 |
57.42 |
2008-12-04 |
| 232. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
66.10 |
0.9088 |
0.0066 |
348 |
13 |
58.55 |
2008-12-09 |
| 233. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
65.73 |
0.8956 |
0.0140 |
322 |
5 |
56.53 |
2008-12-30 |
| 234. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
65.70 |
0.9148 |
-0.0088 |
317 |
9 |
56.72 |
2008-12-29 |
| 235. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
65.60 |
0.9109 |
-0.0051 |
401 |
12 |
60.55 |
2008-12-29 |
| 236. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
65.58 |
0.8890 |
0.0103 |
199 |
10 |
62.56 |
2008-11-18 |
| 237. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
65.56 |
1.0885 |
-0.1826 |
315 |
6 |
63.45 |
2008-11-12 |
| 238. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
65.40 |
0.9234 |
-0.0176 |
346 |
8 |
59.45 |
2008-12-11 |
| 239. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
65.20 |
0.8916 |
0.0063 |
216 |
4 |
58.38 |
2008-12-11 |
| 240. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
65.11 |
0.9084 |
-0.0103 |
300 |
8 |
58.29 |
2008-11-20 |
| 241. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
64.80 |
0.8753 |
0.0259 |
427 |
8 |
57.65 |
2008-11-21 |
| 242. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
64.61 |
0.8826 |
0.0082 |
296 |
10 |
57.68 |
2008-12-24 |
| 243. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
64.52 |
0.9342 |
-0.0426 |
434 |
11 |
60.59 |
2008-12-30 |
| 244. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
64.29 |
0.9570 |
-0.0704 |
287 |
7 |
61.51 |
2008-12-08 |
| 245. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
63.99 |
0.9072 |
-0.0282 |
237 |
5 |
57.07 |
2008-12-11 |
| 246. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
63.80 |
0.8595 |
0.0203 |
242 |
10 |
56.01 |
2008-12-30 |
| 247. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
63.66 |
0.9768 |
-0.0981 |
387 |
8 |
59.50 |
2008-12-03 |
| 248. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
63.49 |
0.8947 |
-0.0161 |
366 |
7 |
60.24 |
2008-11-25 |
| 249. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
63.40 |
0.8770 |
-0.0013 |
300 |
19 |
57.59 |
2008-12-30 |
| 250. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
62.97 |
0.9632 |
-0.0903 |
392 |
5 |
59.24 |
2008-12-29 |
| 251. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
62.39 |
0.9097 |
-0.0097 |
464 |
10 |
56.75 |
2008-12-29 |
| 252. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
62.14 |
0.8105 |
0.0401 |
204 |
12 |
55.46 |
2008-12-30 |
| 253. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
61.56 |
0.9045 |
-0.0574 |
235 |
6 |
57.23 |
2008-11-18 |
| 254. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
60.78 |
0.8919 |
-0.0577 |
205 |
10 |
55.71 |
2008-12-19 |
| 255. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
59.98 |
0.8382 |
-0.0130 |
268 |
15 |
54.73 |
2008-12-09 |
| 256. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
59.88 |
0.8602 |
-0.0391 |
206 |
6 |
55.64 |
2008-12-29 |
| 257. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
56.04 |
0.9682 |
-0.2004 |
143 |
2 |
54.71 |
2008-11-25 |
| 258. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
56.01 |
0.7876 |
-0.0157 |
316 |
6 |
52.67 |
2008-12-05 |