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• May 30: Joseph Henares, 14, of Avon, Conn., reacts after spelling his word correctly in the preliminary round of the Scripps 2007 Spelling Bee.
• May 30: Zach Lucier (43) of Ontario, Canada, rests his eyes during the first round of the Scripps 2007 Spelling Bee.
• May 30: Andrew Zhou, 13, of Honolulu, twists his feet while spelling during the first round of the Scripps 2007 Spelling Bee.
• May 30: The hands of Rebecca Madison Willett, 12, of Virginia Beach, Va., wrings her hands during the third round of the Scripps 2007 Spelling Bee.
• May 30: Sarah Harmsworth, 13, of Corvallis, Mont., writes her word in the air during the third round of the Scripps 2007 Spelling Bee.
• May 30: Kennyi Aouad, 11, of Terre Haute, Ind., bursts into laughter when asked to spell the word, "Sardoodledom," in round three of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• May 30: Joseph Henares, 14, of Avon, Conn., gasps in surprise after spelling the word "Kiddush" correctly in the fourth round of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling.
• May 30: Brandon Whitehead, 11, of Riverside, Calif., center, appears to contemplate his competition while sitting between Maheen Rana, 13, left, and Josephine Y. Kao, 12, in round three of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• May 30: Aishwarya E. Pastapur, 11, of Overland Park, Kan., center, and Olivia Faul, 14, of Carencro, La., wait their turn to compete in round three of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• Andrew Lay, 12, of Stanley, N.C., gasps in shock after spelling the word "Negus" correctly in the fifth round of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• Raymond Avery Soriano, 13, center, of Lubbock, Texas, reacts to the news that Samir Patel, 13, has been eliminated from competition during the fifth round of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• Andrew Lay, 12, of Stanley, N.C., is in shock after correctly spelling the word "negus" during the fifth round of the Scripps 2007 Spelling Bee.
• In his fifth year of competition, Samir Patel, 13, of Coleyville, Texas, leans his head toward the microphone after hearing that he spelled his word, "clevis", incorrectly in the fifth round of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• A child, whose sister has already been eliminated from the competition, makes a drawing of the sixth round of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• Regina Danielle Bish, 13, of St. Catherine, Jamaica, waits to compete in the sixth round of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
• Nithya P. Vijayakumar, concentrates during the sixth round of the Scripps 2007 Spelling Bee.
• Matthew C. Evans, 12, of Albuquerque, N.M., celebrates during the sixth round of the Scripps 2007 Spelling Bee.