Word: upset
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Minutewomen (2-3) have faced four ranked opponents in a row, and also upset seventh-ranked Northeastern 1-0 Sept. 7 in Amherst. HARVARD, 5-0 at Cumnock Field Vermont 0 0 -- 0 Harvard 1 4 -- 5 G: Ver--None; Har--Badawy, Nagle, Collins, Kalil 2. A: Ver--None; Har--Collins, Sarles. S: Ver--Vinelli 12; Harvard--Cowan...
...find they have a voice in the room," says teacher Dana Sherman. "When you start giving kids a voice, achievement is one of the outcomes." Still, after five years, the program hasn't spread to any other classes in the district. "You know who the parents are who are upset," says Sherman. "It's the parents of the kids who have traditionally been in the high-honors classes. They don't buy it. They think it's a touchy-feely course...
...Currie told Sergeant Keith Williams, a supervisory uniformed Secret Service Officer, that if he "didn't find out what was going on, someone could be fired." She also told Captain Jeffrey Purdie, the Secret Service watch commander for the uniformed division at the time, that the President was "so upset he wants somebody fired over this...
...running. Both involve a rebellious effort to exceed the limits God places on your talent; both demand, as you settle into the starting blocks, an acceptance of whatever fate he whimsically decrees. One hopes that Without Limits, seemingly boxed in at the start, breaks free and scores an upset that is, yes, "purifying and thrilling" for the uncompromising spirit it sweetly celebrates...
...should the Taliban, who roundly condemned the U.S. action against Bin Laden, be so upset at the terrorist chieftain? The Taliban is deeply dependent on financial aid from Saudi Arabia and on political and military support from Pakistan, and both nations are leaning on the ruling militia to rein in Bin Laden. The Taliban also wants to be recognized by the U.N. as Afghanistan's official government, especially now that it's squaring up for a confrontation with Iran. Bin Laden doesn't exactly have that many places to rest his head, so he will probably be persuaded to speak...