Word: underdogs
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...night is punctuated by underdog winners, the greatest of which may have been Tova Nights, which won Women's Fragrance Introduction of the Year in Non-Store Venues. Accepting the award from presenters Kenny Rogers and Faye Dunaway, Tova Borgnine thanked Margaret from Pennsylvania, a QVC viewer who inspired Tova Nights by confessing to Borgnine that her other products had led her to have a "Tova night" with her husband. Before, she implied, she was having a lot of Carol Channing nights...
Successful may be an understatement. In capturing its eighth consecutive national title this year, Harvard had to show the true perseverance of a championship team by overcoming the unfamiliar adversity of being an underdog...
Today's Commencement speaker, Robinson was thefirst woman elected president of Ireland. She wasalso the first candidate to be elected presidentfrom small, underdog Labor Party...
Coach Harry Parker's first boat was a distinct underdog against a Princeton crew which went undefeated in last year's regular season. Seven rowers returned, including several from the U.S. and Canadian national teams...
DIED. BELLA ABZUG, 77, champion extraordinaire of women, labor, blacks and any other underdog society could muster; in New York City. With the slogan "This woman's place is in the House--the House of Representatives," she won a seat in Congress in 1970 and bowled over Washington with her in-your-face manner and her raspy voice for reform. Abzug's signature hats were as wide and as colorful as her crotchety chutzpah...