Word: underdogs
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...start of Cock-a-doodle-doo, Philip Weiss' smart first novel (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 295 pages; $21), he--Jack Gold--has just finished working on an underdog's losing campaign for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New York. The winner is popular Early Quinlan, who had been Secretary of State in a Republican Administration but, when times changed, switched parties with speed and grace...
Then there was the big disappointment three years ago. RPI--a big underdog--came into Bright Hockey Center and shocked ECAC regular-season champion Harvard in a 4-3 overtime quarterfinal thriller. Because of that game, the ECAC changed to its current best-of-three format...
After Rutgers took the hard-fought third set, Harvard once again shocked the volleyball cognoscenti by taking a bid lead against the Scarlet Knights in set four. But Rutgers, in a perversion of the classic no State '83 underdog formula, rallied back. Again, though, the Crimson refused to be the Boston Red Sox, and held on to win the set, 15-13, and even the match...
...days of being the darkhorse and taking inspiration from David and Goliath are over for the Harvard women's basketball team. The image of the underdog made famous by the Amazing Mets of 1969, NC State's NCAA basketball title in 1983 and Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass against Miami in 1984 are now images to fear for a team that has exceeded all expectations...
During his intermission pressconference, Hanks was a delightful mix of thoughtfulness and winning verve. He sang the Underdog theme song, and earnestly fielded probing questions. He responded to the accusation that "Forrest Gump" is a muted, conservative diatribe with mock indignation. Unlike Streisand, Hanks said that the artist is a citizen in most countries he knows of, but their only responsibility is to vote by secret ballot like every other citizen. He repeated again and again "I am not an activist." Some opinionated reporters would kiss him for that...