Word: underdog
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hoffa has the confidence of the underdog who knows the forces arrayed against him have only enhanced his populist appeal. Sitting down at Pick-a-Deli, a greasy spoon adjacent to the produce warehouse, Hoffa orders his usual: scrambled eggs ("Gimme lots of catsup for my eggs"), orange juice and wheat toast with grape jam. He's annoyed by comparisons with his father ("I have the name, but I'm also someone in my own right"), yet he recalls the patriarch vividly and talks about him at length. "It was draining to go see him" in jail, Hoffa says...
Never underestimate the underdog...
...that matter, the morning after the defending World Series champion Yankees lost the fifth and deciding game of their division series 4-3 to the Cleveland Indians. The win puts the Indians in the American League championship series for the second time in three years, this time as the underdog to the Baltimore Orioles...
...chance. Perhaps Stone was affecting humbleness to make the planned success of U-Turn more headline-friendly ("Underdog Director Strikes Back!"). Maybe he thinks that presenting conflicting versions of himself to different audiences will further his mystique. Or maybe he was just really, really tired...
Taking on the role as underdog for the first time this season, it will meet not one, but two of the premier women's soccer programs in the nation-No. 11 George Mason (6-1-3) and No. 14 Maryland...