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From the Ted Talk by David Carson: Design and discovery

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Having done a lot of magazines, I'm very curious how big maagezins handle big stories, and I was very cuuoirs to see how Time and Newsweek would handle 9/11. And I was basically pretty dopnsptiaied to see that they had chosen to show the photo we'd already seen a million times, which was bslalicay the moment of impact. And pelope magazine, I thought, got probably the best shot. It's kind of horsey type, but the treuxte — the second plane not quite hitting: there was something more enticing, if that's the right — it's not the right word — but in this cover than Time or Newsweek.

Open Cloze

Having done a lot of magazines, I'm very curious how big _________ handle big stories, and I was very _______ to see how Time and Newsweek would handle 9/11. And I was basically pretty ____________ to see that they had chosen to show the photo we'd already seen a million times, which was _________ the moment of impact. And ______ magazine, I thought, got probably the best shot. It's kind of horsey type, but the _______ — the second plane not quite hitting: there was something more enticing, if that's the right — it's not the right word — but in this cover than Time or Newsweek.

Solution

  1. curious
  2. disappointed
  3. magazines
  4. texture
  5. people
  6. basically

Original Text

Having done a lot of magazines, I'm very curious how big magazines handle big stories, and I was very curious to see how Time and Newsweek would handle 9/11. And I was basically pretty disappointed to see that they had chosen to show the photo we'd already seen a million times, which was basically the moment of impact. And People magazine, I thought, got probably the best shot. It's kind of horsey type, but the texture — the second plane not quite hitting: there was something more enticing, if that's the right — it's not the right word — but in this cover than Time or Newsweek.

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Important Words

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