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Seventh place was not the prize the Harvard men’s water polo team was looking to take home from the Eastern Championships hosted by Princeton this weekend.Entering Saturday’s game as the underdog, fifth-seeded Harvard managed to take an early lead against Princeton in the first half. But the Crimson couldn’t keep up with the Tigers for long, as it yielded its advantage in the second, giving up the game in the final moments, 9-8.Unable to recover in time for its next game, Harvard lost its edge against John?...
...Democrat in the House of Representatives. The Speaker customarily doesn't even vote on the House floor, so it would have been very easy for her to stay out of the fight, at least publicly. The candidate she just endorsed, Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha, is a decided underdog in the race against Maryland's Steny Hoyer, who has served as the House Minority Whip since 2003, so Pelosi might suffer a defeat only a week after ascending to her current lofty position...
...contest to replace retiring Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist, House Democrat Harold Ford has waged a surprisingly strong campaign against Bob Corker, the Republican candidate who used to be the mayor of Chattanooga. Ford was considered an underdog, both because a Democrat hasn't won a Senate race in the state since Al Gore in 1990 and because of the political baggage from his family, which is active in state politics but known for a spate of corruption scandals. His father, former Congressman Harold Ford, Sr., was charged with federal bank fraud and acquitted in 1993 and his uncle...
...international level. They bring a lot of intensity and hard work and things like that to the team and are really good examples to the underclassmen.”Without the three Olympic players, the Crimson still managed to snag an ECAC title, coming back from an underdog position to beat Brown in the finals. Sifers played a key role in this success story as she scored the game- and series-winning goal in double overtime against Clarkson in the quarterfinals of the ECAC tournament. She sank the puck in the back of the net with a pinpoint slap shot...
...trailed in three of the four games, including falling behind by 17 at Lehigh—and that they can win while they’re ahead, after holding off Brown and Cornell late.Harvard, already the preseason favorite to win the Ivy League, will not be an underdog for the rest of the season. So it was only natural yesterday that coach Tim Murphy was asked how good his team potentially could be.“Well, it’s a good question,” Murphy admitted. “Personally, right now I think we have...