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...Zukerman [JUDGMENTS & PROPHECIES]. Let TIME and Zukerman note that I and a vast number of American Jews are not Zionists, or particularly favorable toward Zionism, but we feel bitterly that Israel is getting a raw deal. Jew or no Jew, in the great American tradition, I am for the underdog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 19, 1955 | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...fourth quarter, nine minutes to go, and top-rated Michigan was trailing underdog Iowa 21-13. The 72,096 fans in Michigan Stadium at Ann Arbor were braced for an upset. Then Michigan got the ball on its own nine-yard line, and Wolverine Quarterback Jim Maddock began throwing passes. Iowa had been playing a brilliant game, but now the afternoon's battering began to tell on the Iowa defense. Two series of Maddock passes netted touchdowns and Halfback Tony Branoff ran 30 yards for a third. In nine minutes, Michigan scored 20 points, won the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Will to Prepare | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

...once, you couldn't really blamed the Indians for the night-long cries of gratification that snowed forth along Fraternity Row. After 71 years of waiting, a Green football team--and an underdog team at that--had beaten the Crimson in a game played at Hanover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indians Roar After 71 Years | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

Notre Dame was not the only favorite knocked off in the weekend's games: ¶Underdog Colgate put Princeton out of the unbeaten ranks, winning 15-6 for its first victory over the Tigers since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Toppling Favorites | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

Tomorrow, of course, will decide whether or not experiences hinders an underdog when University of Massachusetts coach Charlie O'Rourke visits the Stadium with 12 of the same 22-man squad which defeated the Crimson a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Redmen Will Field Veteran Lineup | 9/30/1955 | See Source »

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