Word: upset
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Seemingly forgotten after a dismal showing in the New Hampshire primary, magazine publisher Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. won a stunning upset in the winner-take-all Arizona primary Tuesday, further complicating an already muddled race for the Republican presidential nomination...
...implications. "The church is in a real lose-lose situation here," says Religion correspondent Richard Ostling. "On the one side, they have a large contingent of conservatives who are morally opposed to ordaining gays or lesbians. But there is another large group that fundamentally disagrees and would be very upset if the church makes any ruling opposing gays in the clergy." For both sides, this decision is a fundamental dividing line. "The conservatives would argue that the Bible clearly forbids homosexual activity, and if the church leadership decides not to abide by this, than it is saying every part...
...final 32 minutes of the matchup were evenly played, but the outcome was never really in question. Princeton, who had just come off an upset of Dartmouth, played an extremely physical ballgame, but the Crimson did not flinch. When it was over, all 16 Harvard players had seen action...
Dole's opponents are outraged. Buchanan confronted Dole about the tactic, called push polling, during the debate last week in Manchester. What's more, many voters who received the calls are upset. "It's sleazy and makes me mad," says Andrew Schwaegler, 29, a tree farmer in Orford who claims he got four calls that included assertions about Steve Forbes' positions on gays in the military and abortion...
...movie gives a good picture, in broad strokes, of how the TV business runs: badly, most of the time. NBC's executives, surprised by Carson's retirement and egged on by Leno's aggressive manager, Helen Kushnick (Kathy Bates), promised the job to Jay without comprehending how it would upset Dave. Letterman, who felt he was entitled to the Tonight post but was unwilling to fight for it, hired a new agent, Michael Ovitz (Treat Williams), who orchestrated the bidding war that had NBC, at the last minute, desperately trying to win back Letterman with a promise of the Tonight...