Word: underdog
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...despite Weld's underdog status, many campaign observers maintain that the contest is far from over. Weld still commands vast financial resources, and has enough influential allies to ensure him a place as a serious contender in the primary...
...resources you need for an underdog to pull off an upset victory are time and money," said Todd Domke, an independent Republican consultant. "With six months to go, a Weld campaign that could spend one-and-a-half to two million dollars in a primary can't be counted...
...household name only in the 609 area code. This week, better known but still wearing the same tatty blue pullover sweater, Carril sends his team into battle again in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. No matter whom the team plays, Princeton will once more be the decided underdog. Take pity on the overdogs...
...soon came to his senses. He proposed a Tyson-Douglas rematch, with Holyfield to meet the winner and ageless challenger George Foreman lurking like a threat behind Holyfield. By midweek the boxing commissions had dropped their charade and acknowledged what every viewer knew: Douglas had won the fight. The underdog was the champ...
...would be dangerous, however, to dismiss the words of this self-proclaimed lightweight too quickly. He understands small not physically, but in the sense of an underdog, an unlikely victor. This he certainly was--the Las Vegas bookies considered him such a longshot that they wouldn't even set odds on the match...