Word: upset
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...major upset of the meet was Francis Moorman's defeat by Murphy in the 150 yard medley event. Although Murphy was considered a good chance to show in the medley, few thought that he would beat out Moorman. Many followers of the Crimson mermen feel that the results of the Yale meet would have been more favorable to Harvard if the Moormans had not been eliminated by eligibility rules...
...knockouts and the defeat of a defending champion marked the preliminary matches in the University Boxing Championship held in the Indoor Athletic Building last night. The upset of the evening was furnished by Simmon J. Seder '36, who displayed unexpected power by defeating the defending champion, Edwin C. Ihrig 2L, in one of the 125-pound bouts. Peter B. Olney '37, captain of this year's Freshman team, fought a brilliant fight in knocking out Colin H. MacDiarmid '37 in the second round of their 155-pound match. The other knockout was scored by Edgar S. Davis '37, who stopped...
...system and "organization" and "planning" can enable a broken industrial structure to employ millions of men and to increase wages, will last just so long as the Labor Board can avoid facing the issue. One ounce of national collective bargaining, through the American Federation of Labor, is enough to upset the scales. The case against the Roosevelt myth has been drawn up by the employers, who show convincingly that they can no longer afford to make the concessions which the administration demands. It has also been presented by Mr. Harold Laski and Mr. John Strachey, who point out the same...
...labor dispute involving the Denver Tramway Corp. Of its 714 employes, 353 (a plurality) voted to be represented by the Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employes. 325 voted for a company union and 36 did not vote. Senator Wagner got the Labor Board (Pierre du Pont, dissenting) to upset the NRA ruling and decide that all the employes should be represented by the Amalgamated, that the lesser minority and individuals should be denied the right of separate bargaining. Third major fault that Senator Wagner found with the labor provisions of the Recovery Act was that they did not specifically...
...taking depth temperatures in the Mediterranean. This instrument had a constriction in the tube above the bulb. Having been lowered to a measured depth, it was flipped upside down by some such expedient as slipping a weight down the line to actuate a lever at the end. This upset broke the thread of mercury at the constriction, preserving the temperature record until the instrument could be hauled up and examined...