Word: underdogs
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...nearly five years the battles went to the underdog. Against invisible odds, the small but scrappy NOMATEP coalition--lacking legal and technical expertise--repeatedly grabbed the ear and approval of judges and regulators. Harvard was repeatedly told to prove that the diesel engines for the plant--which would be the largest of its kind in North America--would not choke Boston. To Harvard's dismay, the hearings triggered a spiral of unforeseen delays and escalating costs...
...health hazards would be an unprecedented gesture; it might begin to assuage the deep resentment that still persists. It might also avoid future legal and regulatory struggles, ones more complicated than ever before. Before choosing to ignore the community again. MATEP officials might try to imagine how viciously the underdog will bite back if it finds its home is being seriously threatened for real and not just on paper...
...team had expected to play the role of Goliath last night at the IAB, but David--a.k.a. Albany State--bowed out. Faced with an unexpected hole in his schedule. Crimson Coach Mike Palm asked five friends to help him fill in. Suddenly Harvard had fallen from top dog to underdog...
...heartland, his spirits buoyed by the belief that he had made headway in the most difficult selling job so far in his presidency: convincing Americans, particularly skeptical Republicans, that they should accept his record 1983 budget-and its record $91.5 billion deficit. Relishing the fight and his underdog status, the President told three Republican congressional leaders at the White House that Midwesterners were with him. Said Reagan: "Over and over again, I was told, 'Don't change course, especially on taxes.' " When his trio of guests looked puzzled, the President quipped, "I can see your overwhelming enthusiasm...
Daskalakis, already on his knees, deflected the puck just inside the near post. The save rocked the Garden and gave the initiative back to the underdog Terriers, who pelted O'Connor with a shot seconds later...