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...microtones of aching and yearning. But the style, the subtle phrasing, seems natural to Peyroux--lived, not learned. Besides, it isn't Holiday's stylistic flourishes that interest her primarily. Holiday exemplified a line of female blues and jazz singers who "presented the women's side of things, the underdog point of view," says Peyroux. "It was a new form of women's self-expression...
That is all Parsons can ask for. Relaxing in his threadbare office in an old villa across from the site of his future headquarters, he couldn't be happier being cast as the underdog. "Some are saying that it can't be done out of Doha," he declares with a bravado that would make a Ted Turner proud. "Well, they always said it couldn't be done out of Atlanta. But CNN proved everyone wrong." Come next year, Parsons will discover if he has done the same. --With reporting by Amany Radwan/Cairo
...year after being eliminated by underdog Ohio State, the No. 19 Crimson eked out a 4-0 victory over the No. 42 Terrapins in a match that was much closer than the final margin indicated. Freshman Celia Durkin’s 6-4, 6-4 win at third singles over Jennifer Dent provided the crucial fourth point, sealing the win for Harvard and sending it on to the second round to face Tennessee...
...much further along than Gates gives it credit for. "We look at delivering a quantum leap in technology, not just Xbox version 1.5," a Sony spokeswoman said recently. ("Kutaragi's good at rhetoric," Gates says of Sony PlayStation czar Ken Kutaragi.) For all the Xbox's underdog pluck, the PlayStation 2 still has an overwhelming hold on the $25 billion global video-game market: 68% at last count, to Microsoft's 17%; Nintendo has 15%, according to DFC Intelligence, a market-research firm. (See box, following page.) Microsoft doesn't come to the table with a handheld device like Sony...
...don’t identify with the underdog, how are we ever going to change a world climate that’s more threatening than ever? I hope our children turn out to be even more feisty and rebellious than our parents were. If they give us hell, we’ll deserve...