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...turned over, and shaken like a dusty carpet--and when the air clears we can say for certain that a part of our lives will never again be the same. And that is what is being said by the small, but ever increasing stream of visitors to the Underdog on Bow Street: visitors who, as often as not came to order a Kosher frank, and stayed to play Wizard...

Author: By James Gleick, | Title: An Elegant Abstraction | 9/30/1975 | See Source »

Yale last year had one of its finest teams ever, and by right should have been 9-0 had not an underdog Harvard team thrown a monkey wrench into the Elis' dreams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: After Years in the Ivy Cellar, Brown's Bruins May Run Off With the 1975 Football Title | 9/15/1975 | See Source »

...They had every reason to do so, considering Hoffa's criminal record, which he once boasted was "as long as your arm," and his activities in recent months. As usual, Hoffa was again in the middle of a Teamster battle, only this time he was starting as the underdog. His eventual goal was to regain the presidency of the Teamsters union, which he had first won in 1957. Jailed in 1967 on a 13-year sentence for jury tampering, fraud and conspiracy, he clung to his title until June 1971. Six months later, President Richard Nixon -whom Hoffa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Jimmy Hoffa's Disappearance | 8/11/1975 | See Source »

...dare you intimate that Justice William O. Douglas should resign his seat [April 7]? Throughout my entire lifetime he has been the voice of the people-the maverick who stood up for the underdog. I have no doubt that he is still the capable and forward-thinking jurist that he has always been. Janice Leber North Hollywood, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, May 5, 1975 | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

...loss drops the Crimson's GBI record to an unimpressive 5-1 Harvard the defending champion, now looms as a definite underdog in its quest to retain the title...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Huskies Drop Crimson Nine | 5/2/1975 | See Source »

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