Word: upset
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...Dole campaign. For a variety of reasons, people are not turned on by the Dole message. It is a lot easier to excite people who are unhappy, and need an outlet for frustration. When the economy is doing relatively well, it is harder to find a reason to be upset with the administration. People do have problems, but they do not associate them with the government. Finally, Dole himself is not exactly the world's most passionate, clear speaker." With time running short before the election, Dole will take a few days off, both prepare for Wednesday's debate...
...these students were upset," Walfish says. "And then Professor Kernighan walks...
...said most people who receive federal benefits are upset with Clinton and the welfare reform legislation he recently signed...
Many students said yesterday they were upset by the statistics in the report...
Unhappily for reefs, humans upset the balance between corals and their competitors in many ways. Consider the erosion that accompanies deforestation and agriculture. No longer restrained by tree roots, tons of soil laden with nitrogen and phosphate washes into rivers and then sweeps into the sea, forming a muddy plume that may be hundreds of miles long. As this nutrient-rich water flows over a reef, it stimulates the growth of all kinds of algae--including the microscopic diatoms and dinoflagellates that nourish such reef animals as the crown-of-thorns starfish. In recent years hordes of these coral-devouring...