Word: underdogs
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...been picking up support. But there can be important shifts before the primary on Sept. 8. If no candidate gets 40%, a runoff will be held just eleven days later. In November the winner will face Republican Roy Goodman, a highly able state senator who will be an underdog in the Democratic city...
...operate on yourself?" But there are potential benefits. Judges sometimes tolerantly allow self-defenders to make statements, particularly in summation, for which a lawyer would be ruled in contempt of court. Moreover, by appearing to be bewildered by court procedures, a defendant can occasionally arouse sympathy for the underdog in judge or jury...
...comment, Howard," mumbled No. 1 ranked Heavyweight Contender George Foreman to his sometime broadcasting colleague Howard Cosell after dropping a unanimous 12-round decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico, last week to 3-to-l underdog Jimmy Young. Young's cover-up tactics and counterpunching created more than another dent in the former champ's fragile ego. They put a crimp in the multimillion-dollar plans of Promoter Don King to get Foreman back in the ring for a rematch with Titleholder Muhammad Ali. After flirting with retirement following his victory over Ken Norton last fall, the aging...
Evidently people take enormous pride in sensational tales about the exploits of their ancestors. Certainly, the aura of mystery about the ancients fascinates people. And in the case of theories like Fell's the traditional American sympathy for the underdog is aroused by the drama of an outsider challenging the orthodoxy of the Establishment...
...Harvard's George Hughes who provided the biggest exclamation point of all when he drilled the puck past Boston College's goaltending sensation Paul Skidmore with 29 seconds left in regulation time, triggering a dramatic 4-2 victory for the underdog Crimson in a crucial Division I contest...