Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...upset of Boston University, the team that had ousted Harvard back in the fall, that really set things in motion...
Cabot, who has headed the operation since its founding, says that despite these initiatives, the company remains deeply aware of how critical endowment income is to Harvard and also of how administrators' peace of mind depends on a lack of volatility in the endowment. "The President and trustees get upset if the market value is up and down and up and down. They're human beings--you know, they'll say, 'I don't like this kind of stuff,'" he notes...
Last year, the Russian and Soviet Studies concentrator stopped 10 Northeastern shots in the final period of the Beanpot championship game to give the Crimson a 2-1 upset triumph, a second straight 'Pot and herself a second straight MVP award...
...major international conflict--the war did not concern the nation Turkey, but the bird Americans eat for Thanksgiving. If they don't seem like much to fight about, then consider that the European Community started raising tariffs on turkey imports from the U.S. and made turkey farmers very upset. The ensuing trade war lasted for five years...
...visit came at the invitation of President Raúl Alfonsín, who has been cultivating Isabel in an effort to improve his standing with the Perónist party. Alfonsín's Radical Civic Union Party scored a stunning upset victory over the Perónists in elections last October, marking the party's first defeat in a national election since the rise of Juan Perón in 1946. By forging a coalition among Radicals, conservatives and blue-collar workers, Alfonsín captured 52% of the vote, and his party gained control...