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...Environment Minister. He's articulate, attractive--he even blogs. Alan Johnson, a genial ex--mail carrier and union leader now running Education, is a bit more popular, and M.P.s praying for anyone-but-Brown are leaning toward him as their best hope. (He's a 6-to-1 underdog, but his odds are the best of the second tier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Post-Tony Tussle | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

...Environment Minister. He's articulate, attractive - he even blogs. Alan Johnson, a genial ex?mail carrier and union leader now running education, is a bit more popular, and M.P.s praying for anyone-but-Brown are leaning toward him as their best hope. (He's a 6-to-1 underdog, but his odds are the best of the second tier.) The most crucial reason for Labour to unite: the new Conservative leader, David Cameron, 39. Young and smooth, he's putting a windmill on his house to proclaim how green he is. "Blair's true heir," he calls himself, stealing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End Is Near — Really | 9/10/2006 | See Source »

...exaggeration to say that Allan Lichtman is an underdog in Maryland's race for the U.S. Senate. The Democratic primary is two months away and Lichtman has the support of only 4% of party voters, according to a recent Washington Post poll. Yet he dismisses such numbers. Instead, the American University professor points to an unconventional indicator of his popularity: MySpace.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Campaign Space on MySpace | 7/13/2006 | See Source »

...that there are certain things that Christian life says no to. We want to make people understand that according to human nature, it is a man and a woman who are made for each other and made to give humanity a future," he said. Still, the Pope remains the underdog in this intellectual tete-a-tete. Although gay marriage is unacceptable to many, only a tiny proportion of Catholics follow the church's strict doctrine on birth control and premarital sex - doctrines that Benedict has recently reiterated. Polls consistently show that 80% of Spaniards identify themselves as Catholic, even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope Squares Off With Spain's Secular Champion | 7/9/2006 | See Source »

...WARRIORS! Fans love a long shot. The top underdog this year: Trinidad and Tobago, the smallest nation to qualify, whose gutsy Soca Warriors earned a surprising tie against Sweden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's a Kick! | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

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