Word: upset
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Their child boss is a cool, foresighted "premier," whose methodical plans for organized robbery are constantly upset by romantic little upstarts who think it is heroic to disregard orders and rules, to thieve when & where they will. At the premier's elbow is a sage elder statesman (aged 12) who acts as moderator between the boss and the upstarts. The rest of the camp is composed of a passive majority, a child-mother, and a deaf mute...
...triumph in the final event, the saber, paved the way to Yale's 14 to 13 upset victory over the Crimson fencers Saturday afternoon in New Haven. The visitors sported a 10 to 8 lead going into the deciding matches but the Elis' rally overcame the Crimson advantage. Harvard took the epee and foils by identical 5 to 4 scores...
...pound class Bob Claflin upset second-seeded Kassak of Penn on a referee's decision in the quarterfinals, but in the semis lost a 6 to 0 decision to George Gebhardt of Syracuse, who was runner-up in that weight. In the subsequent consolation bout to decide third place, Claflin was beaten, 1 to 0, by John Finley of Army...
Democratic voters sided in force with Henry Wallace's third-party candidate in the recent Bronx Congressional election upset because "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink," New York Democratic Leader Edward J. Flynn admitted yesterday at an afternoon press conference in the Hotel Commander...
...Elis are strong--as always in this peculiarly blue-tinged sport--and will, according to form, carry the day. But for the first time since the champion team of 1938 swamped its opponents, there seems a reasonable chance for an upset...