Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...elegant event meant black-tie only, ahigher price tag and fewer people. Some studentssaid they were upset about the price and theattire requirements...
...Judges jumped to a commanding 2-0 lead over favored Harvard--ranked 20th in the country in last week's coaches poll--while throngs of partisan fans exulted over the impending upset...
...recently the received wisdom has been that money talks, especially in TV advertising. Indeed, Dyson's media consultant, Phil Friedman, who pocketed a handsome $450,000 for the job, confidently predicted victory in the days leading up to the voting. But to Randy Daniels, Green's press secretary, the upset "shows the limitations" of political commercials. "We were able to defeat Dyson and Dyson's money because we outworked him and outresearched...
...challenged his opponent to on-the-spot urinalysis. "We can go outside and go to the men's room and take the test right now," said he. Bond refused, as he had before, saying, "I think true leadership is to resist this demagoguery, this McCarthyism." Lewis won a narrow upset, and doubts about Bond's commitment to the antidrug crusade may have been a small factor...
...pursuit of Democratic Incumbent Walter Huddleston. The dogs searched everywhere for the supposedly lackadaisical Huddleston, in his district office and other places where one would be likely to find an assiduous Senator. In the last spot, the dogs finally captured Huddleston -- up a tree. McConnell scored an upset victory. This year, says Senator John Heinz, a Pennsylvania Republican, "I think it's fair to say that every campaign, Republican or Democrat, is looking for the next bloodhound ad. It's a worrisome trend...