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...Upstart Inquisitors. Even before the session opened, the freshmen moved brashly to make their presence known...
...Government-ordered and monitored election of 1972, Miller's campaign took on the air of a crusade, attracting the support of widely diverse groups, including poverty-fighting VISTA volunteers. He beat Boyle by 70,000 votes to 56,000-the first time in recent labor history that any upstart from the rank and file had ousted the president of any major U.S. union...
Sargent's slow, careful speaking style helped him in the TV clashes against Dukakis, a sharp college debater. His relaxed manner added to the impression that the gray-haired 59-year-old was a statesman up against a young upstart...
Last year, an upstart Harvard team traveled to Ithaca, N.Y., to face one of the favorites in the Ivy League. The Big Red, led by quarterback Mark Allen, were tabbed by many as the team to beat in the Ivies...
...Daley chooses to run again he will almost certainly win. But in view of his age and health, he might risk killing himself in a grueling primary campaign against upstart Alderman William Singer, 33, the lawyer who unseated the mayor's delegation from the Democratic National Convention in 1972. Once past Singer, Daley would probably face Republican Jim Thompson in another punishing battle. Some friends predict that he is ready instead to retire. In that case, he will need to pick a successor if the machine is to hold together. The trouble is, there is no strong candidate acceptable...