Word: righting
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...corner kick, Westfall attempted a shot for the 3-1 lead, but barely missed wide to the right. Seconds later, Harvard senior forward Ashley Mattison, with her back turned to the net, responded by trying a bicycle kick that just missed giving the Crimson another goal...
...Moser teaches according to a "lead sheet" method, in which only the melody of a pop song is read and played on the right hand, while the left hand - contrary to classical notation - follows along with chords that are written down as letters above the melody line. Moser leads us through what he calls "baby stuff" versions of Tom Dooley and When the Saints Go Marching In. The two most useful things I take away from the first lesson are a chord chart and Moser's advice on how to practice: "Swear in the name of Scott Joplin always...
...With apologies to Joplin, I confess I can't resist picking out the melody on my right hand a few times before tackling the chords. Then I get down to business, spending hours and days making my left hand move from F major to D major to G minor. I consistently stumble over the two phrases "I'm broke/It's oke" because of the four tricky chords punching them...
...into post-debate interview sessions, answering questions in incomplete sentences and generally demonstrating a less than stellar grasp of the political process. Comments generally come in along the lines of: "I think Gore's ideas are good because Bush is a nice man." Oh, well thanks. That clears things right...
...ritual cleansing that launched the current outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The hemorrhagic fever, which kills its victims within days of its onset, is transmitted via contact with any of the body fluids of an infected person. It's killed some 39 people over the past month, and right now 10 new cases of infection are reported daily...