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...impossible to watch this plot unfold without rooting for the underdog and then remembering that Cruz is as bad as his pursuers, a wildcat crook with delusions of grandeur. Palmer does not blink at Cruz's venomous ethics, but he sinks this character in a landscape of almost unrelieved corruption. He portrays a Miami and environs where the heat is always on: "The sun was a bludgeon hanging over the landscape, poised to smash whatever might attempt to set itself above the level, and nothing larger than a dragonfly dared to venture into its sight; not from lassitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder on the Cocaine Express | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

Harvard will enter its dedication game the definite underdog. Stanford humiliated the visiting Crimson last year, 92-70, and the Cardinal has lost only one of its six games this season The Californians record may be misleading however, as three of their six opponents were not NCAA Division I teams and all their contests have been at home...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Holiday Hoops | 12/17/1982 | See Source »

Coach Joe Bernal said after yesterday's contest that before the weekend slate, he was confident his charges would be prepared for Columbia, but feared "a lackadaisical outlook" that could let an underdog like Navy shock the aquamen...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Aquamen Hike Winning Streak to 24 With Victories Over Columbia, Navy | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...peculiar circumstances by which the Dins secured their rights to Sanders this weekend, haven't helped dispel the group's image of a struggling underdog...

Author: By John N. Riccardi, | Title: Dins, Not Kroks, in Spotlight For Yale Weekend Songfest | 11/20/1982 | See Source »

...between Texas Republican Incumbent William Clements, 65, and State Attorney General Mark White, 42, have a lot in common. This heated contest is a referendum not on Ronald Reagan but on Bill Clements, whose blunt language and pro-business positions have antagonized many low-income voters. White, the underfunded underdog, began to edge up after three televised debates gave him an opportunity to put Clements on the defensive. White has attacked Clements' mudslinging leak of a driving-under-the-influence charge when White was a law student, and accused, the Governor of anti-consumer appointments to the public utility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Governor: Texans William Clements and Mark White | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

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