Word: upset
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...daughter a life outside tennis. "I try to go to Broadway, some musicals," says Hingis. "I always do sports: horseback riding, soccer, basketball, swimming." She is self-possessed enough to conduct interviews in English, Czech and German, and she knows the right pose to strike, whether she's upset with a call or celebrating a victory. And there will be many victories to come. Asked if someday people might associate the name Martina with her and not just Navratilova, Hingis said, "I think everyone would like to be like her, to be famous, that the people talk about you. Yeah...
...TRUMAN SOUND BITE] "Harry Truman marched here [in Chicago] before winning his big upset in 1948, just like the upset we're going to produce...
...core constituents, including blacks and organized labor, are upset with the president's move to the center, epitomized by his signature of this summer's welfare reform bill...
...perhaps his most memorable moment came in the Crimson's final contest of 1995, against Yale. It was Hu that broke the plane of the end zone with 29 seconds remaining in the game to give Harvard its come-from-behind, 22-21 upset victory...
Which is a rare term at this school, usually reserved only for Harvard's men's and women's squash teams, which collectively have lost only one match in the last four years. True, it would be a major upset if this soccer team won the national title, but one can certainly expect the Crimson to treat the rest of the Ivy League like toxic sludge--as in, disposed of as quickly as possible...