Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dukakis made his way toward Harry Truman's home town of Independence, Mo., and likened himself to the "feisty little guy" who won the White House four decades ago in a storied upset. "Harry Truman was a fighter and so am I," he said. "My friends, this election is up for grabs...
Last year, the Crimson recorded a five-set upset win against Brown in the regular season, a victory that dropped the Bruins from second to fourth seed in the tourney. It was the first time the Crimson had defeated Brown since...
...Republicans have targeted New Jersey and Ohio as two key states, and have been able to recruit viable candidates in each. The GOP is still hopeful that Pete Dawkins will be able to upset Democratic incumbent Frank Lautenberg in the Garden State despite polls showing Dawkins slightly behind. Dawkins--a Heisman Trophy winner at West Point who became an Army General and later a successful business executive--would seem a mirror image of Sen. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), who went from Princeton to Oxford to the New York Knicks to the U.S. Senate. But after performing well in early...
...National Review Editor William F. Buckley--who can't stand Weicker--supports the Democrat in what may be the best modern example of politics making strange bedfellows. Lieberman is running even with veteran Weicker in the polls, but even if the incumbent loses, conservative Republicans won't be too upset...
William Reimann of the host Cambridge Boat Club upset four-time champion John McGowan of the New York A.C. in winning the grand master singles in 21:01.35. McGowan finished...