When 'A' Stands For Preemption

By Steven Boranian (March 19, 2018, 10:57 AM EDT) -- The Seventh Circuit taught us recently that the letter "A" is a powerful thing. Of course, we already knew that a well-placed "A" can convert the ordinary ("typical") into the extraordinary ("atypical"), the melodic ("tonal") into the dissonant ("atonal") and the virtuous ("moral") into the indifferent ("amoral"). Adding a single "A" to a Scrabble board can result in a seriously high-value word, provided you can manage to place it on a triple word score appended to a word that already has high value letters, like "H" or "Y," or if you are really lucky, "X."...

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