Word: upset
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...missed the Cornell race due to illness, is now back at stroke, and within a few days he should be in top condition once more. This would seem to indicate that only sudden plague, an accident during the race itself, or some other act of God can cause the upset Walz so blandly expects...
...present in a rudimentary form in man, and developed a new theory regarding the nature of colors), he took special delight in noting the similarities that related phenomena of the most diverse kinds. When his son, August, showed no particular interest in a literary life, Goethe was no more upset than he had been by the strange ways of mistress Christiane. "In the last analysis," he said, "all sane and sensible things coincide...
...next day, the professor appeared at Provost Furniss' office, deeply upset by the whole incident...
...Crimson quad (four oarsmen plying double ears) upset a confident Fairmont Boat Club quad, the National Champion, and an all-champion Harvard four carrying the Union Heat Club flag won the Navy Cup for its class championship...
...this one becomes a maudlin sermon, with the fuzzy moral that the Westerner should be on the side of the natives-whatever that is. Thus, better than any of the others, it makes plain what kind of blinkers Robert Shaplen's characters seem to wear. They are quite upset about what the Western impact may have done or failed to do to Asia but their reactions are impractical and confused and in some cases defy analysis. If Asia itself has anything to worry about after the Western rascals and mixed-up men of good will are kicked...