In winning the seventh of his eight gold medals in the Olympic “Water Cube” in Beijing, Michael Phelps recounted his proper choice of taking one final stroke before touching the wall. In taking “a final half stroke” instead of gliding as had his Serbian opponent in an adjacent lane,
Phelps secured first place by a “finger [...]

Is Senator John McCain angry? We respond “Yes,” and will use his semantics (semantics: n. study of the meaning and use of words and phrases) to prove the point. In the penultimate debate
(penultimate: adj. next to last, second to last) McCain referred to his opponent, Senator Barak Obama as “that one.” No title, no proper [...]