Word: underdogs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harkin, who led Kerrey in polls through most oflast week, downplayed his fourth-place finish,saying that he has been an underdog from thebeginning and claiming that his opponents hadadopted many of his campaign ideas...
...campaign celebration in Manchester, IowaSen. Tom Harkin said that his fourth-place finishwas a big victory for an underdog candidate...
Paul Tsongas, Campaign '92's underdog of choice, passed a symbolic milestone last week. An aide to the Democratic front runner, Bill Clinton, suggested a reporter check out Tsongas' occasional lobbying activities on behalf of legal clients. Until recently the ex-Senator from Massachusetts was considered such a weak competitor that his rivals didn't bother to attack him. Now that his candidacy shows strong signs of surviving beyond the New Hampshire primary next Tuesday, Tsongas must take his turn as target. He regards that as a compliment...
...little suffering fits the Buchanan Weltanschauung that too much happiness in this life could reduce the chances of salvation in the next -- and that has helped him pull off his aggrieved underdog pose. From inside the Beltway, even before there was one (he was born the third of nine children in a comfortable Washington neighborhood), he has nonetheless successfully positioned himself as a scrappy outsider...
With the 5-4 victory, Harvard sent a clear signal that its team (which finished second to Princeton last year) is no longer the underdog in this intense squash rivalry...