Word: upset
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...production, monetary collapse and famine." The Premier reduced his Cabinet from 25 members to 12 - a move which he called "a concentration of Government authority." This was a concession to the Gaullist cry for efficient leadership, but Ramadier told off the General, too: "[He represents] an attempt to upset the institutions which the nation has freely chosen." Paul Ramadier was ready this week to ask the Assembly for a vote of confidence...
...undefeated season right around Hallowe'en time last year. This fall, however, most of them are playing second string and Harlow's eleven has been beaten twice to date. The local bookies quote Rutgers a one point favorite, but the Crimson will have to stage a brilliant upset to equal or better this mark...
...team is passer, runner, and T-formation quarterback Frank Burns, who directed the squad's 13 to 0 upset here last year. Besides his clever ball-handling, Burns backs up the line on defense...
...Rutgers University football eleven that will face Harvard's gridiron machine at Soldiers Field today will be composed of just about the same performers who overturned the Crimson in a 13 to 0 upset last Fall at this time...
...unexpectedly good condition for an M.I.T. team, the Engineers played a coordinated passing attack and in the early part of the last stanza seriously threatened to penetrate the disorganized Crimson defense and upset the favored Varsity. After center halfback Dave Ogden had blasted the ball far out of bounds, the Crimson settled down and thereafter controlled the ball...