Word: upset
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...real mischief in De Gaulle's actions, says Kaplan, is that his goal, once achieved, would upset the delicate balance of power between Russia and the U.S. that has kept the peace since World War II, thus producing a Balkanized world and bringing the danger of nuclear war much closer. Looked at in this fashion, he says, Charles de Gaulle's present policies constitute "an adventurist and irresponsible nationalism" that has already "helped bring the world closer to a disregard of the deadly facts of the nuclear...
...only fitting that the last day of an upset-filled college football season should be filled with upsets. The only game that went according to the polls was the Rose Bowl, and even that took a remarkable performance by All-America Halfback O. J. Simpson (who carried the ball 25 times for 128 yds. and two touchdowns) before top-ranked Southern Cal could eke out a 14-3 victory over a stubborn band of sophomores from Indiana. In the Sugar Bowl, thrice-beaten, unranked Louisiana State spotted unbeaten, No. 6-ranked Wyoming a 13-0 halftime lead, then bounced back...
...pick Harvard to pull a mild upset over Penn tonight. Chris Gallagher showed some of last year's top form in the Classic, and he got adequate scoring support from the others--Norlander had 25 in one game, Beller 22 in the other, and Johnson...
...troopers beat up a lot of people, but specifically avoided the Swarthmore kids. There was blood in the streets; it was so bad.... It demoralized the movement, and it was disillusioning for us because so many people got hurt.... I think it had a radicalizing effect on us.... It upset a lot of people in Philadelphia, who sent in a lot of money. Violence does that.... The incident made us a little suspicious of liberals: that it takes blood in the streets before they realize that conditions...
After initial scores by Eliot's Pat Grant and Jeff Schmidt, Lowell started clicking. Back-to-back scores off the sticks of Jon Smart and Billy Jacques tied the score 2-2 four minutes from the end. But Coppage's line shot dashed any hopes of upset...