Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fairness issue" The main Democratic ideological weapon to date, this issue appeals to voters upset with the President's propensity to soak the poor Reaganomics, the argument goes, has affected different economic strata differently and, therefore, unjustly. The problem with this line of attack is not that it is wrong--sadly, it is quite correct--but that it carries little promise of attracting the voters the Democrats need to win back the White House...
...opponent Art Martella served inconsistently and couldn't sustain a rally. Fountaine forced play action at the net with Fountaine coming out on top 6-1, 6-2. "I played better today than against any team we've played this year," Fountaine said. "He did very little to upset my game...
...Reagan Administration, the apparent failure of the Hussein-Arafat talks was a big disappointment. U.S. officials were also upset about reports that the Israeli government had embarked on a policy of encouraging American Jews to buy land in the West Bank. Reacting with anger, the State Department repeated Reagan's call of last September for a freeze in settlement building in the West Bank. Then, for the first time, Spokesman Hughes hinted publicly that the U.S. might apply sanctions against Israel to halt the spread of settlements if Hussein joined the peace talks. Said Hughes: "We are determined...
...magnetic storms on the face of the sun that periodically reduce its radiation) or even planetary alignments. Currently, much of the theorizing centers on El Chichon, the Mexican volcano that erupted last year and ejected huge clouds of dust into the atmosphere. By obscuring sunlight, it may have upset the planet's heat balance enough to disturb the atmosphere and oceans...
Once the balloting began around 2:30 p.m., there was nothing left for the operatives to do, and they began to relax for the first time in days. "I have slept maybe 10 hours in the past four days." Joyce complained. But no one admitted to being upset with the end result of the whole effort. They had, as Sloan noted, established a base which they are confident will continue to grow in strength. "Not only has Glenn got the right stuff [a reference to a recent book about Glenn's 1964 orbit of the earth] but apparently...