Word: loser
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...politics, as in sports, George Bush never fights harder than when he is behind. Though he would bristle at the suggestion, he actually likes to be dismissed as a loser so he can pull off an upset. Thus he arrived in New Hampshire last week acting more like a scrappy underdog than an incumbent President. For 15 hours he scrambled around the southeast part of the economically devastated state, shaking hands, patting cows and assuring residents that he understood their worries. "I know I've got a lot of problems here," he told them, "but we're going to take...
...need-blind admissions go, the big loser could be diversity...
...defense of the status quo, and marginally improved his standing. His call for the Democratic Party to end its preoccupation with programs targeted to the poor in favor of a renewed emphasis on middle-class relief moved the needle a bit more, but Wofford was still considered a certain loser...
...clear loser was President Bush," was Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell's assessment...
After Taft, the presidency was all business and no one had time for middle names (least of all Warren Harding, who understandably avoided use of "Gamaliel"). Anyway, no one was having much luck with them. William Jennings Bryan was a three-time presidential loser...