Word: underdogs
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...stage was set. This was to be a showdown of rival Harvard and Yale, the likes of which had never before been seen. The one new twist to the story, though, was that Yale had been given the inside track. Harvard went in an underdog, seeded second behind Yale in every race but the J.V. lightweight contest (where Yale had a very weak boat...
Yale has been the big surprise of the lightweight season, dispensing with its opponents easily before putting away the high-stroking Harvard crew by a six-second margin last weekend. So Harvard goes into Sunday's sprints a clear underdog--the second seed after Yale--but it knows what it is up against...
...step beyond anyone I've played this year." Pompan said. "But on the other hand, he can be beaten if you stay close enough to win, because very few guys stay close to him, and I don't think he's used to playing these matches where the underdog stays right with...
After seeing some shows, one is tempted to say, "I gave at the office." Moral solicitation for worthy causes is an old and honorable U.S. custom. So is a distaste for indignity and injustice. But, barring isolated instances, the theater does not lend itself comfortably to social polemics and underdog rhetoric. What too often happens, and Zoot Suit is a case in point, is the reduction of the stage to a soapbox and the meaningless ritual of preaching to the already converted...
Unfortunately, once he was persuaded to broadcast over radio, Kahn was also persuaded to give the Met to Paley's archrival, the older, larger, and more prestigious NBC. CBS was to remain the underdog for nearly two more decades, until, in the late '40s, CBS began the "Paley raids," luring away NBC's biggest stars, including Jack Benny and Amos 'n' Andy...