Word: underdogs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this Byzantine maneuvering was but a prelude to Wilder's breakthrough: his nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1985. Virtually no leading white politicians wanted Wilder on the ticket; the issue was whether they would risk his wrath to keep him off. Wilder cemented a successful alliance with Baliles, the underdog for the gubernatorial nomination, because he was in the weakest position to resist a black running mate. "There were people in the Baliles campaign," Wilder recalled afterward, "who didn't want me on the ticket either...
Victor Sifuentes, the firm's ardent champion of the "underdog" client, is the attorney one student finds most endearing...
...proving him wrong. A CBS news exit poll found that one-third of the Virginia voters considered abortion rights the foremost issue of the campaign. They proved it by electing as governor Democrat L. Douglas Wilder, a pro- choice advocate. They proved it by electing as lieutenant-governor the underdog Donald S. Beyer, Jr., an automobile salesman who ran on a pro-choice platform...
...Quakers by a 3-0 score earlier this month, when it was outshot by Penn, 44-5. The Quakers launched 33 first-half shots against Tiger goalie Liane Kersey. But Kersey has notched two shutouts in Ivy action this year, so Princeton can't be considered as big an underdog as, say, the Dallas Cowboys...
...Crimson (4-5 overall, 1-1 Ivy) had lost four of its last five games, and came in as an underdog against the Terriers, who were ranked second in New England. B.U. (5-3-2), however, was stifled by the superb team effort displayed by Harvard...