Word: underdog
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With some extra bodies returning to the lineup and the new win streak, Harvard certainly has a renewed spirit. But the Crimson still relishes its role as the underdog...
...World War II). There was also Talking to Myself, a memoir of a life that included careers in acting, sports announcing and journalism. Terkel's earlier ambition was "to have a nice civil service job." It is hard to imagine. His disdain for bureaucracy and sympathy for the underdog would have produced an unlikely paper pusher. The crusty populism asserted itself two years ago when his publisher, Andre Schiffrin, was forced out as head of Pantheon by the parent | company, Random House. Dramatically terming the dismissal "a barbaric act," Terkel left the world of bottom-line publishing to join Schiffrin...
...perceptions are shifting as Azerbaijanis assume the role of underdog and Armenians appear to be the predatory wolves. Videotapes circulated by the Azerbaijanis include images of disfigured civilians, some of them scalped, others shot through the head. Armenians claim the footage is fake. They insist that they left a corridor open for civilians to flee Khojaly but that Azerbaijani soldiers led a group of 200 civilians into harm's way. The use of surface-to-air missiles, sophisticated Grad rocket batteries and armor proves that both sides are now armed with state-of-the-art weapons that were bequeathed...
...actually like to be in the underdog position," Co-Captain Paul Faust said. "That way a team may tend to look past us and play down a little...
Tsongas is a determined fighter. An underdog, he came out of nowhere to win seats on the Middlesex County Council, in Congress in 1974 and in the U.S. Senate...