Word: upset
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Older hands noted that as these and other decisions were being made in the caucus, the newest members took little part. They apparently had come to learn, rather than to upset things. Connecticut's Bob Giaimo, chairman of the influential House Budget Committee, watched with admiration. "The newcomers are learning the ropes, not taking the lead," he noted. "The reform spirit is not in them...
...party was secure enough for him to go to Memphis, if not triumphantly, at least without fear. Says Minnesota Party Chairman Rick Scott: "It's almost like having a fair in the Middle Ages. Just having the event and bringing people together makes it important." The liberals upset about budget cuts realize Carter is in step with the public's antispending mood. Says Party Veteran Alan Baron: "Liberals read election returns, and they are scared." The result is a tenuous unity, which for the usually bickering Democrats can be a fit cause for celebration...
...over the Crimson Tide in the annual Thanksgiving tournament bruited the name of Wagner throughout the basketball world. "It was a great opportunity for us," say Carlesimo, "it was such a big upset that both AP and UPI picked it up nationally...
Harvard successfully killed off a penalty to Fischer as the opening session ended, but the Friars ended any hope of an upset by burning netminder Nelia "Gump" Worsely and her slow-skating teammates for seven goals in the middle stanza...
...attention to domestic problems that forged Ohira's upset victory. Until this year the L.D.P., which has held control of Japan's parliamentary government since it was formed in 1955, always picked its leader, who automatically becomes Premier, in a caucus of L.D.P. members in the Diet. In a party composed of strong and combative factions, this led to open vote buying, bribery and scandal. With former Premier Kakuei Tanaka now on trial in the Lockheed influence-peddling scandal, the L.D.P. decided to try to clean up its image as a party of feuding bosses and "black mist...