Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...afternoon, at about 1.30 p.m. some of the students got into an argument with two South African tourists. "Taking your money out of South Africa isn't going to help the Blacks. It's just going to put more out of work and make them more hungry and more upset," said one of the tourists...
...Hart beats Mondale, it will be a major upset. The main reason: Texas' arcane caucus system. To qualify, voters must first cast ballots in the congressional and local primaries during the day, then return to the polls in the evening to choose presidential candidates. It is a system that favors organizations with the proven ability to turn out party regulars. In other words, the Mondale machine...
...said to the Chinese journalists last week, "We will not turn our backs on old friends." China is especially upset that U.S. arms sales have not dropped off more sharply; in fiscal year 1983 the U.S. authorized arms sales of $697 million to the island, vs. a 1984 total of $680 million. Reagan is expected to listen patiently to the Chinese complaints, but aides are sure he will not give any more ground...
...places the Crimson, now 6-5 but out of the Ivy race since the second week of the season, in the lead for the New England Championship. Preceeding wins over second ranked Brown top-ranked at the time and third-ranked UNH, coupled with yesterday's upset victory over first-place Massachusetts leaves the Crimson poised to claim the title...
Mondale confesses that his true moment of fear in the race came not after his upset defeat in New Hampshire, but in Michigan 2½ weeks later, where a Midwesterner like Mondale is expected to do pretty well. "I was told that 150,000 people were showing up at the caucuses that day. Nobody was planning on that many. I thought to myself, 'This is it. What's the point of going on?' Then I found out they were all turning out for me." He seems uncommonly serene as he sips his coffee. "You know...