Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Soviet secretiveness over accidents has been a cause of upset in the West, where high standards are observed regarding disclosure of nuclear accidents. In Norway patience is wearing particularly thin. Anger was plainly evident last week when Foreign Minister Thorvald Stoltenberg denounced Soviet reluctance to divulge information as "unacceptable...
...fourth woe was also a factor. Upset over Uno's refusal to answer questions about the alleged affair, female voters deserted the L.D.P. Manae Kubota, a J.S.P. legislator who broke tradition in the Diet when she raised questions about the Prime Minister's personal life, believes that the L.D.P. is suffering because of Uno's actions. "I raised such a 'low-level' question because a man in the highest public office was suspected of the lowest-level deed," said Kubota. "For me it is surprising that a person in a high public office should deal with women like merchandise...
...obscenity ruling that upset anti-pornography activists, the court unanimously struck down a major portion of Congress's 1988 dial-a-porn law. The statute, which had sought to criminalize "obscene or indecent" telephone-message services, had been enacted at the urging of parents' groups that complained the racy phone communications were too easily accessible to children. But last week the court insisted on maintaining the distinction between obscenity, which may be prohibited, and indecency, which may not. Justice Byron White declared that banning indecent but not obscene telephone calls for adults went beyond what was needed to protect children...
Last March. Veneziano was asked by the Providence College Sports Information Department to help out at the regionals of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Veneziano worked the foul paddles in those games, including Princeton's near-upset of Georgetown. After the weekend was over, he was profusely thanked by the Providence Sports Information department...
This was a reference to a trick or two Chang used to upset Lendl, who was more than just the top seed in the tournament. For most of four years, the Connecticut Czech with the gloomy eyes and great forehand has been the finest tennis player in the world. After 15th-seeded Chang lost the first two sets 6-4, he won the next two 6-3. But in the fifth set and hour, Chang's legs began to complain, and the banana cure he tried during the breaks could not hold off the cramping. Wobbling, Chang decided the best...