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Harry Paidas: Winning and losing without the scoreboard
Harry Paidas
Special to The Alliance Review
In case you haven’t noticed, there has been a lot in the news about winning and losing recently.
While a month has passed since Election Day, there is still some doubt about the outcome of the election. Apparently winning (or losing) is not as clear-cut as it used to be.
I am no expert in politics, so when it comes to reference points, I usually turn to what I know best – sports.
Forgive the over-simplification, but in sports, winning and losing is usually decided by a scoreboard. In most cases, it involves points and generally, the team with the most points wins. In other sports such as golf however, the scoreboard is reversed and the player with the fewest strokes wins.