Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lauren Cole '84, president of the Crimson Key Society, acknowledged that some members are upset by the changes, but said she personally favored them. Cole said the society had itself been considering similar changes in the focus of the tours...
...thick-walled, Spanish-built house, its garden somewhat incongruously inhabited by peacocks. His 30-ft. launch El Pilar he uses for casual pleasure jaunts, trips to Cuba (90 miles away)-and fishing. A Roman Catholic, he is also very superstitious: he never travels on Friday, touches wood constantly, is upset if a black cat crosses his path. Writing (in longhand), he works regular hours, revises conscientiously...
...American David Boyum, the second-ranked amateur in the nation and sixth seed in the tournament, playing at The Squash Club in the Allston section of Boston, upset top-seeded and ninth-ranked professional Jon Foster to win the open division. En route to the championship, Boyum defeated his teammate, roommate and fellow All-American, Richard Jackson, who had previously knocked off the 17th ranked professional and current Yale coach, Dave Talbott. Freshman Kevin Jernigan made it to the second round of the tourney...
...Lebanon prospering as a Maronite-dominated haven of stability and mercantilism and as the only real parliamentary democracy in the Arab world, its rulers shrewdly neglected to take a new census. But a higher birth rate among the Muslims and the influx of Palestinian guerrillas in the early 1970s upset the prevailing political balance. The result was the bloody civil war that raged for 18 months in 1975 and 1976 and left Lebanon vulnerable to the growing power and ambition of Syria...
Whatever fragile equilibrium the Lebanese managed to recover during the ensuing years was upset by the Israeli invasion of June 1982. The Israelis openly took sides with the Phalange and welcomed the election of Bashir Gemayel, the leader of the Phalangist-dominated Lebanese Forces, as President. When Gemayel was assassinated nine days before his inauguration, his older brother Amin instead took the job following his unanimous election by parliament. With some 38,000 occupation troops in Lebanon, Israel tried to impose a peace treaty on the country. The Lebanese refused, but after U.S. pressure the two countries signed an agreement...