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Tower Power

2004
1. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan, 1,670 feet 101 storeys

1998
2. PetronasTowers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1,483 feet 88 storeys

1974
3. Sears Tower, Chicago, USA, 1,450 feet 110 storeys

1999
4. Jin Mao, Building, Shanghai, China 1,381 feet 88 storeys

2003
5. Two International, Finance Centre, Hong Kong, China, 1,362 feet 88 storeys

1996
6. Citic Plaza Guangzhou, China, 1,283 feet 80 storeys

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John Gloster

Gloster has replaced Andrew Leipus as the Indian cricket team’s physio. Locate the pulled hamstring here.

A. A resident of Adelaide, Gloster was recommended by Leipus, also an Aussie.

B. Before this, Gloster spent four years with the Bangladesh team.

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C. His one-year contract with BCCI is to be reviewed after six months.

D. Gloster was with Surrey in 1998-2001, when John Wright was coaching Middlesex.

E. Assisted the Indian team for a couple of days during the 2003 TVS Cup final, when Leipus had to go to South Africa.

Answer D. Wright was with Kent.

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Ricochet Word

Ever despaired at the higgledy-piggledy mess on your desk? Or heard the pitter-patter of tiny feet? Such pairs of words that differ only in one letter (a teeny-weeny difference?) are called ricochet words. If you’re into nitty-gritty, though, you’d call them by their technical name, reduplicative compounds.

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