Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shortstop bringing his arm down in a big arch. His club takes out the windshield. Someone else opens the back door, rips out the phone or something, and leaves. Middle-aged people looking out from the lobby of the hotel and standing in furs on the street are visibly upset...
Justice Byron R. White, who authored the 5-3 majority opinion, argued that reopening the issue would upset the delicate balance existing in the parched Southwest. He added that since developers and farmers have planned according to these hard-won agreements, "finality" dictates that the case remain closed. This is a strange argument, since finality hasn't been the historical criterion for judging government land agreements with Indian tribes--at least not the finality of rising suns and flowing rivers...
...those who play Strat-o-Matic baseball and memorize the statistics of every Major League player. I didn't even know that Dave Rignetti was sent to the last year. I missed, on purpose, the NCAA basketball finals, and really didn't care that N.C. State scored an upset I only watch golf tournaments when Jack Nicklaus is on the leader's board...
Last year the Engineers upset the Crimson, and Crimson Coach Alex Nahigian said the setback was a motivating factor yesterday. "I'm sure the kids didn't take the team lightly," Nahigian said, adding that this year's Crimson should play more consistently than last year's edition...
...small contingent of Harvard fans--including the band, which impressed many opposing fans just by showing up--one of the tournament's highlights was having the Badger fans as allies in Friday night's semifinal versus Minnesota. As the clock ran down in Crimson's 5-3 upset of Wisconsin's hated archrival, the not-so-neutral observers needled Golden Gopher Coach Brad Buetow with caustic chants. With the Gophers headed for Saturday's 1 p.m. consolation game, the Badger faithful shouted, "Hey Brad, how about lunch tomorrow...