A well-considered and engaging article on the way in which underdogs become winners, not by trying to match their superiors at their own game, but by finding ways within the rules to play the game to their advantage. It involves references to a twelve-year-old girls basketball team, Lawrence of Arabia, David and Goliath among others. …

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At The Blazing Center Mark Altrogge features a brief post highlighting Prosody. pros·o·dy* (praw’ suh dee) –noun 1. The science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. Linguistics: the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance. A helpful piece, particularly for those who want to evaluate the singability of a song; compose new tunes …

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