Still in it

We know a lot of you have been reading about Atman Balakrishnan, Speller 153, an Illinois sixth grader whose father. Balu Natarajan,was the 1985 champion.

Good news: Atman spelled "vitascope" correctly, and is still in the Bee. The word means an early motion-picture projector.

Atman ran back to his seat on stage, excited.

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