Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emergence of moderate candidates Geneva Malenfant, Hugh Adams Russell '64, and Karen Swaim--running under the Coalition '85 banner, may upset the balance between the two entrenched local groups: the liberal, Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) which advocates good government and social issues; and the loosely-affiliated, neighborhood-oriented Independents who support constituency services...
...final minutes, Brown tried valianty to beat a team it wanted to maul and should have massacred. But when Bruin signalcaller Steve Kettelberger--who had a superb day--attempted to lead his troops to a final touchdown, Harvard Captain Brent Wilkinson picked him off to seal the sweet upset...
...progressive city lawmakers has kept Cambridge's current rent control policy intact since stringent housing regulations were adopted 15 years ago. Since that time, rent control has preserved 17,000 housing units for low and moderate income people. The balance of power on the council, however, could easily be upset this year due to increased pressure from realtors and landlords to leave the city's housing market vulnerable to speculation and condominium conversion. And that simply must not be allowed to happen...
...through her wild word searches--"derigible...no, I mean secretary!"--which are over-written, though not overplayed. If you want a stuffed Snoopy to bark support for your ability to express your emotions, she's the shrink for you. She helps Bob, Bruce's lover, when he is suicidally upset with Bruce for seeing a woman (Prudence); she helps them all in the end, if they can be helped, with her "I'm OK, you're OK" philosophy. Mrs. Wallace is wacky but hers isn't the real problem. The problem is that Beyond Therapy is too funny...
...Crimson's last chance to pull an upset came with just 30 seconds left in the game...