[00:03]preposition

[00:10]In the opinion of many a newspaper editor, the typical reporter

[00:15]is a near illiterate who is dedicated to the proposition

[00:19]that the preposition is to end sentences with.

[00:26]crew

[00:29]Some of those reforms have been in the works

[00:32]since a Nigerian man allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound plane

[00:38]carrying nearly 300 passengers and crew,

[00:43]Obama vowed to "strengthen our defenses" in the face of

[00:47]continuing threats from al-Qaeda.

[00:54]screw

[00:56]Robert Fulton once wrote, "The mechanic should sit down among levers, screws,

[01:03]wedges, wheels, etc., like a poet among the letters of the alphabet,

[01:10]considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts,

[01:14]in which a new arrangement transmits a new idea."

[01:20]shrewd

[01:22]Although Kerry has had no formal education,

[01:26]he is one of the shrewdest businessmen in the company.

[01:34]compromise

[01:36]Works of several historians reveal the moral compromises made by the

[01:41]nation's early leaders and the fragile nature of the country's infancy.

[01:49]premise

[01:52]Many authors have argued for the inevitability of war from the premise that

[01:59]in the struggle for existence among animal species, only the fittest survive.

[02:08]sophomore

[02:12]Lin-Manuel Miranda was a sophomore at Wesleyan University

[02:16]when he began writing In the Heights,

[02:19]the hip-hop-flavored musical about the denizens of his home turf,

[02:24]Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.

[02:29]sophomore

[02:30]A: When did you fall in love with your wife?

[02:33]B: I fell in love when I was a sophomore.