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Confetti showers down upon Snigdha Nandipati, 14, of San Diego, Calif., as she wins the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Confetti showers down upon Snigdha Nandipati, 14, (center) and her family of San Diego, Calif., as she wins the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Snigdha Nandipati, 14, (right) of San Diego, Calif., gets help holding up the trophy from her brother Sujan (left) as she wins the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Protester Herb Schraw, of Toledo, Ohio, right, screams at a car as it turns into the entrance to the Marriott Westfields where the annual Bilderberg Conference is being held, Chantilly, Va., Thursday, May 31, 2012. The Bilderberg Conference is an annual meeting of highly influential people in private industry and public office from North America and Western Europe. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Protester Eddie Hernandez of Boston, Mass. walks past rows of temporary chain-link fence surrounding the property of the Marriott Westfields where the annual Bilderberg Conference is being held, Chantilly, Va., Thursday, May 31, 2012. The Bilderberg Conference is an annual meeting of highly influential people in private industry and public office from North America and Western Europe. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Nicholas B. Rushlow, 14, of Pickerington, Ohio, (center) is greeted by his mother Michelle and father Keith (left) after he and a handful of other contestants advanced to the championship round of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Lana Greenberg, 14, of Philadelphia, Pa., (left) celebrates with the other championship round finalists during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Vismaya Jui Kharkar, 13, of Bountiful, Utah, reacts after misspelling her word and being eliminated from the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Joined by her sister Kavya (left) and father Mirle (center)Vanya Shivashankar, 10, of Olathe, Kan., (right) cries on the lap of her mother Sandhya after being eliminated during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. Kavya was the National Spelling Bee champion of 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Jae Canetti, 10, of Fairfax, Va., reacts after misspelling his word and being eliminated from the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Vismaya Jui Kharkar, 13, of Bountiful, Utah, celebrates spelling her word correctly during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Abigail Violet Spitzer, 13, of El Paso, Texas, reacts after misspelling her word and being eliminated from the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Abigail Violet Spitzer, 13, of El Paso, Texas, holds her name card up to her face as she works on spelling her word during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. Abigail misspelled her word and was eliminated. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Nicholas B. Rushlow, 14, of Pickerington, Ohio, works on spelling his word during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Vanya Shivashankar, 10, of Olathe, Kan., works on spelling her word during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Jae Canetti, 10, of Fairfax, Va., celebrates after spelling his word correctly during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Vismaya Jui Kharkar, 13, of Bountiful, Utah, celebrates spelling her word correctly during the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)