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...were to back down because the employer was a Goliath of the world, and I'm only a David of the legal community, I don't think I'd be doing a proper service to potential clients," Spicer said. "Harvard is an institution. It's the people at Harvard who make mistakes...
This David-vs.-Goliath struggle is part of the enduring charm of the game. Most fans, other than hometown fanatics, enjoyed last season's spectacle of wealthy clubs like the Dodgers and the Red Sox finishing in last place in their divisions with lineups filled with high-price, low-performance malcontents. A small-market club, the Twins, won the World Series in 1987 and 1991. But the architect who built these championship teams, the Twins' boyish general manager, Andy MacPhail, is worried that Minnesota will be hard pressed to compete in the future, even though it just re-signed Kirby...
Needless to say, this David-and-Goliath matchup did not have a good outcome. Only Fronhofer could capture a victory in the Cornell meet, as the Big Red from Ithaca rolled up a decisive...
Grasping at straws? No. Genuine pleasure. David and Goliath is not a relevant metaphor here. Harvard-MIT men's squash is like Godzilla taking on the family poodle...
...This is Captain Singh, space tug Goliath. First of all, let me say how glad we are that the Elders of Chrislam have identified the saboteurs and handed them over to ASTROPOL...