Word: underdog
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...Ethel Klein, who now works as a pollster in New York, told the rookie challenger. But defying conventional wisdom, Nolan came out above all other candidates, as she and 28-year-old Cambridge teacher Luc D. Schuster unseated incumbents in an election process that rarely favors the underdog...
Supporters present at the vote-count were quick to congratulate the underdog winner...
...hard to accept that this time, it’s merely a footrace for second. Maybe it’s because the beginning of this season started out like its predecessors—Penn and Harvard, firmly entrenched at the top of the media poll. Brown was the sexy underdog pick, but an early double-overtime loss at Harvard Stadium put the Bears at a disadvantage from the get-go. Another Penn-Harvard matchup, it seemed, was on tap from day one. When the Crimson writers made our season predictions, we all picked Harvard to finish first, with Penn...
...that we’re capable of doing that, and then not being able to pull out the match, that’s just frustrating.”CORNELL 3, HARVARD 0It was David and Goliath again, but this time, Goliath made sure that the underdog had no chance.Though the Crimson took a game from the undefeated Big Red the last time the two teams met, Cornell thoroughly suffocated the Harvard offense in its home gym, toppling the Crimson 3-0 (30-19, 30-19, 30-13).“It’s definitely difficult to play...
...history is any indication of what to expect from the underdog Lions, Harvard can’t take anything for granted...