Word: upset
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whoopi Goldberg has something to help her forget Theodore Rex, her new straight-to-video movie. She has agreed, for a rumored $6 million, to put her thoughts to paper. More musings than memoir, the unnamed work shouldn't upset those, like Ted Danson, who have made whoopee with the author in the past...
...contracts. The Knicks signed guards Alan Houston and Chris Childs for a combined $80 and then traded for Charlotte's Larry Johnson and his $71 million deal. This weekend's madness may have been best summed up by Charles Barkley, he of the $4.6 million a year contract. Upset with millions being thrown at young, unproven players, the 33-year-old Olympian said, "I'm firing my mother. She's off the Barkley payroll. She had me too soon." -- Josh Dubow
...U.S.A. Dream Girls--Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie et al.--looked unbeatable on their recent world tour, but they could be upset in this competitive field, perhaps by the physical Australians, or by the Chinese, who feature the Great Wall of 6-ft. 9-in. Zheng...
Then came Barcelona and Zmeskal's disappointing nonmedal finish. Convinced that Zmeskal had been robbed of glory, Karolyi announced midway through the competition that he was retiring. At the time it smacked of politics. But in fact, Karolyi meant business, and bequeathed his elite program to Martha. "We were upset," says Dimitry. "Martha said, 'Don't worry.' It was his first big defeat. Martha thought he'd come back...
Storey, who was drafted by the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche, was a major contributor to Harvard's upset of St. Lawrence in the ECAC quarterfinals. A native of Ottawa, Storey rounds out Harvard's Canadian contribution...