Word: underdogism
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Harvard, however, was not ready to throw in the towel yet. On Saturday, the Crimson faced off against Columbia again. The Lions had upset Brown the night before as the underdog...
Later that afternoon, the Crimson played Dartmouth, another team the Crimson had beaten soundly during the season. The Big Green, however, had played two matches earlier and earned two big wins as the underdog...
...obvious motivations (the extreme foregrounding of Dr. Sloper's grief for his wife, for example) and higher tides of emotional exclamation ("He must love me, someone must want me," Catherine yells. "I have never had that!"). Moreover, the authors don't ignore that dictum of audience-pleasing, "Let the underdog have her day." In fact, though, this issue of Catherine's eventual self-assertion introduces a major instability to the play. On the one hand, Catherine's recognition of her own worth and her final, shocking declaration of independence are major concessions to the audience's investment...
...Crimson (6-1, 4-0 Ivy), a two-point underdog for its visit to Hanover, N.H., burst out of the gate quickly on offense and made its best defensive showing in recent memory to blank the Big Green (5-2, 3-1), 24-0. The win vaulted Harvard into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League and ended Dartmouth's quest to remain unbeaten in the league for a second straight season...
...were definitely more of an underdog last year," Caples said. "Now, teams are aware we have a very talented team. Teams respect us and take us seriously...