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...million budget into a national organizing drive. Before leaving town, Gephardt took the opportunity to offer the union still another small plum, knocking NAFTA at a news conference, and telling reporters that it "was not working properly" and "needed to be improved." While Gephardt is decidedly an underdog in the early running for 2000, the AFL-CIO may view him as a way to keep Gore and Clinton off-balance as it continues to chip away at Administration trade policies it doesn?t like. As for Gore, Carney reports, his task in Los Angeles was to tread lightly before...
...million budget into a national organizing drive. Before leaving town, Gephardt took the opportunity to offer the union still another small plum, knocking NAFTA at a news conference, and telling reporters that it "was not working properly" and "needed to be improved." While Gephardt is decidedly an underdog in the early running for 2000, the AFL-CIO may view him as a way to keep Gore and Clinton off-balance as it continues to chip away at Administration trade policies it doesn?t like. As for Gore, Carney reports, his task in Los Angeles was to tread lightly before...
...These teams are coming in with nothing to lose, and that underdog mentality makes them dangerous. Both are good penetrating teams, and we really need to stop the fast break against Cornell...
...that is a very Chinese thing to do. Instead, he cites immigrant drive: "People get to this new world, and they want to carve out their place in it. The result is dedication and a higher level of work ethic." He adds, "You always retain a bit of an underdog mentality." And if they work assiduously and lie low long enough, even underdogs will have their...
...before he came to the Senate, Thompson had little patience for chasing the money it takes to get elected. Bouncing along dark Tennessee roads from one fund raiser to the next, he would give his campaign manager, Bill Lacy, long disquisitions on the flaws of the current system. An underdog against a better-financed Democrat, Thompson was finally exasperated enough by conventional campaigning to don battered boots and lease a red pickup to travel the state talking about how "Ol' Fred" would bring common sense to Washington. Voters loved the whole bit, even when it came from a rich lawyer...