Word: upset
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...Governor, about the rampant individuality in the room, and she said, "I doubt you'd find a Democratic ticket like us anywhere else in the country. Bill Ritter is pro-life, and I'm not even a politician. I ran a children's advocacy group and took positions that upset Democrats in the past--like, I testified in favor of a limited, targeted school-voucher program. But that's the way it is out here in the West. People like their politicians independent...
...Quinnipiac in the second period on Saturday, the Harvard women’s hockey team pulled away after co-captain Julie Chu quickly substituted in at the end of a penalty, received a long pass in front of the defense, and buried the Bobcats’ hopes for an upset. The Crimson (14-3-1, 11-2-0 ECAC) eventually finished an unblemished weekend by defeating Quinnipiac (6-15-0, 3-10-0) by a 5-0 final. Chu’s goal came on a precision pass up the ice from senior forward Liza Solley. After getting the puck...
...However, the events of the last few days have starkly exposed the limits of Ahmadinejad's influence. He started out his presidency under a political cloud; his upset election victory was not really as impressive as it looked. He received only 5.7 million votes, enough to place second, but far fewer than the 20 million-plus his reformist predecessor Mohammed Khatami received in sweeping to first-round victories in 1997 and 2001. Ahmadinejad went on to win the run-off, but he benefited mainly from the massive protest vote cast against his opponent, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani...
...sports. Now, people will surely be confused, and as anyone with a brother or sister can tell you, nobody likes to be confused with their (admittedly less good) sibling.Fans rioted at UMass after their team lost in the championship game, and rightly so. Maybe it was because they were upset about the game’s outcome, or maybe it was because the alcohol was flowing a bit too freely last Friday night. Or maybe, just maybe, losing in such a ridiculously named game was too much for that little town of Amherst to handle.That...
...Russia was particularly upset when, despite its efforts to cultivate the Stalinist regime of Kim Jong-il, North Korea test-fired missiles toward waters inside Russia's economic zone. And Moscow is certainly more concerned about North Korea than it is with Iran's nuclear program - there's no payoff for Russia in Pyongyang's nuclear doings, and it has already caused plenty of trouble...