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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
May 30, 2007
WASHINGTON - In a high-ceilinged ballroom humming with hopeful young Scripps National Spelling Bee contestants and their parents, a bee official delivered a sobering message: of 286 spellers, 285 would hear the painful "ding!" of defeat.
"I thought I'll probably be one of those....