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...often the case in an upset, the victory meant much more to the conquering underdog than the defeat meant to the vanquished bully...

Author: By Grady M. Bolding, | Title: Victory Sweet After Drought | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

Americans have sometimes cherished a blunt directness in their politicians. But that particular "give-'em-hell" charm, as Spiro Agnew has never discovered, demands, besides truculence, an implicit instinct for the underdog. It is the charm of the anti-bully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Agnew's Complaint | 8/2/1971 | See Source »

Meanwhile in Old Lyme, Conn., Radcliffe's crew will be competing in the Women's Rowing Nationals, a three-day event beginning tomorrow. However, the competition includes several powerful crews, and the first-year Radcliffe crew is an underdog...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Crew Favored Over Yale Saturday | 6/17/1971 | See Source »

...Despite the strong showing against Penn, the Crimson is still the underdog in its Friday match at Columbia and a Saturday match at Princeton. If Harvard wins both matches, the Ivy League crown is almost assured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Downs Penn Netmen, 6-3; Briggs and Barnett Pace Victory | 4/21/1971 | See Source »

...Crimson is the definite underdog Saturday at Ithaca. Cornell has dominated Ivy League lacrosse, winning the title last year while going undefeated. Runnerup Brown lost to the Big Red, 20-6, Harvard was defeated...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Lacrosse Team Routs Penn, 13-3, In Preparation for Cornell Game | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

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