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...Specter who is the underdog. Toomey - who stresses fiscal issues and downplays his conservatism on social issues - has been leading in most of the recent polls. He's raised more money than any other Senate challenger in the country, thanks in part to backing from the Club for Growth, a well-funded antitax organization, which Toomey ran from 2005 to 2009. He is also a favorite of Tea Party activists, who account for so much political energy on the right these days. "It's an uphill battle in the general - no ifs, ands or buts about it," says Pennsylvania...
...editing and mixing for The Hurt Locker out-statuetted Cameron two to nothing. And at the end of the broadcast, co-host Steve Martin kidded, "The show is so long that Avatar now takes place in the past." Now that's just piling on. By then, Cameron was the underdog. Martin should have made a joke about that have-it-all The Hurt Locker...
...Every Olympics has its underdog stories. At the 2008 Beijing Games, one of the most memorable was not on the track but in the boardroom of a Chinese sportswear company named after its founder, Li Ning - a triple gymnastics gold medalist at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. While the then 18-year-old firm wasn't an official sponsor, it used careful planning to outflank its deep-pocketed overseas rivals by picking likely medalists to outfit with Li Ning - branded gear (official sponsor Adidas had the rights to provide uniforms for medal and other ceremonies, but athletes were free...
Considered the underdog by some, the Crimson is looking to learn from its previous mistakes and set the pace of game play early on in the series...
...saying yes to almost every media opportunity are at odds with his image as a man of substance. "The path to repatriation always seemed different from what he's now doing," says the former aide. "You were the champion of those who had no champion. Now find an underdog and win a case for them. Go back to your roots...