Word: upstart
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...explain his change of heart on abortion. John McCain calls himself a Reagan Republican, citing the fact that he entered politics in the early 1980s as a Reagan supporter. Newt Gingrich, waiting on the sidelines, compares the current Republican leadership unfavorably to Reagan - whom he supported as an upstart G.O.P. Representative...
...unchallenged power was certainly evident across Egypt on referendum day. After casting a "yes" vote at the Fouad Galal school on the east bank of the Nile River in Cairo, Diab Abolibda, a 59-year-old engineer, described how in the presidential election two years ago he favored upstart candidate Ayman Nour over Mubarak. Asked how he felt now that runner-up Nour was serving a five-year prison term for election fraud, a verdict and sentence criticized by many democracy advocates as political punishment for brashly challenging the president's authority, Abolibda let out a hearty laugh and exclaimed...
...began with the national quarterfinals in 2005, the first year the NCAA field expanded to eight teams, with Harvard hosting upstart Mercyhurst. The tenacious Lakers poured in four goals in regulation, matched tit-for-tat by a quartet of scores from Crimson winger Nicole Corriero ’05 (part of her record-setting total of 59 goals that year...
Kevdog's Ballers has most of its eggs in one basket: the blue and white one marked Yale. Reyes' team has relied on the contributions of the upstart Bulldogs' three best players--swingmen Casey Hughes and Caleb Holmes and speedy junior guard Eric Flato--to challenge for the league lead. That trio is aided by the Big Red's outstanding freshman Ryan Wittman, who leads the Ancient Eight in three-point conversions, and Brown guard Marcus Becker, with solid Princeton forward Luke Owings on reserve as insurance or possible trade bait...
...glad she’s playing for our team and not someone else.”And with Harvard tied with Princeton for first in the Ivies, Moretzsohn will be a definite asset on the road to a possible Ivy League title for this upstart Crimson squad. —Staff Writer Vincent R. Oletu can be reached at voletu@fas.harvard.edu