Word: upstart
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...From the earliest days of his upstart campaign, Obama pledged to run a 50-state effort, vowing to move past the traditional partisan divide and expand the electoral map by appealing to independents and even Republicans. But few people, even among his own staff, thought he'd actually invest in every single state. As it turns out, Obama's phenomenal fund raising has allowed him to deliver on his bold promise and place staff in every one of the 50 states, as his campaign announced it would Monday. The strategy could force McCain to defend Republican strongholds, help those lonely...
...three of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley - each representing a fundamental phase of the information era-battle it out. Apple, Google and Facebook are, respectively, an icon from the pioneering days of personal computers; the biggest, most profitable company yet born on the Web; and a feisty upstart whose name is synonymous with the current migration to social networks...
...national office, Veltroni passed the capital's center-left baton back to Rutelli, who had been a popular mayor through the 1990s. Rutelli, a vice-premier and high-profile culture minister under the recently folded government of Romano Prodi, had been strongly favored to defeat the center-right upstart in the Rome race. His failure to deliver is bound to cause new rifts within Italy's thoroughly dispirited center-left...
...right there with any of those guys.”This early loss did not make Jantzen’s draw any easier, though, as his first wrestleback matchup brought Chattanooga’s 10th-seeded Cody Cleveland. The eventual eighth-place finisher and All-American overcame the upstart freshman with a 3-0 decision, marking the end of a short but valuable tournament for Janzten.“Even going to nationals doesn’t [fully] show the progress he’s made,” Weiss observed. “He’s wrestled totally...
...rock solid last year right from his first race. Some of the former kart champion's overtaking maneuvers had veteran observers shaking their heads in astonishment. A comfortable winner in Melbourne before a fifth-place finish in Sepang, where Räikkönen dominated, last year's upstart is one of this year's favorites. Will Hamilton have the mettle to cope? Sound judges are sure of it. "Every now and again a talent comes along who sets everyone back a bit," says the 1980 world champion, Australian Alan Jones. "We saw this with [Aryton] Senna...