Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What Kenworthy didn't tell his friends was that it was his two-goal performance that provided the United States with a stunning 2-1 upset victory against Russia in front of thousands of fans in Leningrad...
...little upset at first" about scrapping plans for a Europe trip, Rosenberg says, but then she and Roberts planned a trip to the West Coast, with a stop at Vancouver's Expo '86 on the way. "Europe isn't going anywhere; it's been there for a long time," she says...
...question of Cuomo's treatment of his staff arose. He is upset by criticism that he squelches them. He knows he pushes hard but is proud of their work. Suddenly Cuomo reached for the nearby phone and dialed the Governor's office. It was 11 p.m. Chief of Staff Gerald Crotty answered, still on the job. Cuomo smiled to himself, spoke a few lines and hung up. Stories about his temper, Cuomo said, are way out of date. He takes criticism far less personally now. He has stopped calling to complain to writers; these days it causes too much commotion...
...while Cuomo was fervently opposed. Voters disagreed with Cuomo but admired his principles and his chutzpah. Cuomo defeated Koch by a comfortable margin and went on to beat Republican Lew Lehrman by a slim one. Defeating Koch was a catharsis for Cuomo; he had come from way behind to upset the man whom he once thought of as his nemesis. Koch today says Cuomo has "been a superb Governor," utilizing his talent for "communication, conciliation and consensus in an unusually successful way." At the time, Pollster Patrick Caddell likened Cuomo to Sandy Koufax when he was riding the Dodger bench...
...grow disenchanted with campaigners it knows too well. A candidate with a solid background and strong base (New York, say) might be able to patrol the sidelines--at least until near the end of 1987--and gain as a presence through his absence. With a ramshackle organization, Gary Hart upset Walter Mondale in New Hampshire. Cuomo, his advisers hope, could do the same to Hart this time around and perhaps have the staying power needed to make it all the way to the nomination. At the moment, Hart is the clear front runner; a poll for TIME last week...