Word: underdogs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...least one trait in common with Hoffa: a ferocious and relentless tendency to attack the government for trying to clean up the union. When Carey was elected a year ago on a promise to rid the union of organized crime, federal agents and prosecutors were overjoyed by the underdog's surprise victory. Now they wonder if their confidence was misplaced. "He definitely has not been a corruption fighter so far," says Edward Ferguson, who recently served as the lead prosecutor against the Teamsters. "Nobody is suggesting that Carey is a bad guy, but his whole pitch was 'Elect...
Kansas State was usually a major underdog in the league, sometimes not even predicted to come within 30 of certain other Big Eight teams (e.g., Kansas in the Danny Manning Years, Missouri in the Anthony Peeler years...
Although the Crimson has improved significantly since last season, it remains a heavy underdog heading into today's game at BC's Conte Forum...
...Bush speak volumes), Perot has the potential to disrupt next week's election. Many Americans, it seems, are ready to squander their franchise -- which, of course, is not exactly the way Perot sees it: "You are throwing your vote away unless you vote your conscience." While indisputably attractive, these underdog's words fail on close inspection...
Lahav, who finished fourth in the Quincy race,credited his victory to his "underdog" status...