Word: upset
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Leverett's hard-hitting football team provided the outstanding upset of the House football league when it defeated the Lowell eleven 6-0 on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The victory put the Rabbits in possession of second-place in the standing...
Consequently, state and federal courts have been very reluctant to upset declarations of martial law by state governors Judges, wisely recognize that the particular decisions about emergencies must usually be left to the Executive who wields the sword, without any control or advice from sedentary scholars on the benches...
...field for the purpose of carrying out a conservation policy entrusted by the Texas legislature to an administrative body resembling the Rhode Island Racing Commission, when the governor thought that the orders of the Texas commission were not sufficiently vigorous and also feared that those orders would be upset by the courts...
...four to Independents. The Conservatives gained nine seats from the Liberals, while the Liberals took three from the Conservatives; from a majority of 49 seats in the 1934 election, the Liberals came back with a majority of 40. This slight loss had been expected by "Mitch" and did not upset...
...page to Esquire up to a couple of years ago, it is said he is soon to become a regular correspondent of the nearly-nascent Esquire-owned magazine Ken (TIME, Sept. 20). A Roman Catholic, he is also very superstitious: he never travels on Friday, touches wood constantly, is upset if a black cat crosses his path. Writing (in longhand), he works regular hours, revises conscientiously...