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Bergman—the underdog as the nation’s No. 46 player—said she was so tight she could barely swing through a ball...
Bush led Al Gore in the polls for months during the 2000 election, but the instant he temporarily slipped behind, he dubbed himself the underdog. Bush is the overwhelming favorite this time, but his political team is already working hard to reset political expectations. Last week the G.O.P. leaked a deliberately gloomy memo from the President's pollster, Matthew Dowd. "President Bush's approval numbers will again fall back to more realistic levels fairly quickly," Dowd wrote, "and in head to head polls in the months ahead President Bush will at times probably be behind potential Democrats." The party chairman...
Nonetheless, Wayshak says the Crimson has benefitted from its underdog status...
Fish said he does not mind being the underdog. It’s a role reversal from the Ivies, where Harvard has lost just eight league matches in the last 15 seasons...
Harvard might not be the heavy underdog that the rankings indicate. The Crimson has been on a tear, winning its last 10 matches entering the tournament...