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Word: underdogs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chrysler is aggressively scrambling for cash. A recent stock deal should raise $330 million. And last week the perpetual American underdog announced the sale of its half-interest in Diamond-Star Motors to Japanese joint-owner Mitsubishi Motors for $100 million. Chrysler may give up its 12% interest in the foreign firm, which would not only replenish its coffers but add a bit more credibility to Chairman Lee's Japan bashing as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cars: Auto Exhaustion | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

...Joey, Murph's sidekick, Fish shows how easily a good-natured underdog can lose control and become a vicious aggressor. After terrorizing Gupta, Joey screams, "It's only a game," hoping that saying the statement loud enough will make it true. We see his frustration and passivity as he yells, "Murph, come and get us!" Rather than taking responsibility for his own actions, Joey wants to be rescued from himself...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: Much More Than a Western Flick | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

Wofford started a 44-point underdog to Republican Richard Thornburgh. But he erased the gap with an aggressive campaign against the better-known and better-financed Thornburgh. Wofford promoted himself as a champion of the middle class and health care...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Polls Send A Dramatic Message | 11/6/1991 | See Source »

...find him down-to-earth and engaging," said Aretha D. Davis '93. "This is a guy who I can place a lot of faith in. He's an underdog, and I like that...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Agran Calls for Military Cuts | 11/5/1991 | See Source »

Harvard was the heavy underdog in this contest, but the team was unfazed by the challenge...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: W. Booters Notch Big Win, Blank Minutewomen, 1-0 | 10/17/1991 | See Source »

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