Word: upset
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...Upset Victory After the militant organization Hamas won a clear majority of the seats in the Palestinian parliament [Feb. 6], its critics immediately denounced the election results. The Israeli Cabinet said it will not negotiate with a Palestinian administration that calls for the destruction of the state of Israel. If Israel wants peace, it and the world at large should accept the election results. Hamas won on not only its political agenda but also its social and welfare programs. It is counterproductive and unrealistic for the U.S. not to continue financial assistance to the Palestinians. Hamas members like Omar Hamayel...
...cautioned Salient editors to “be alert to the possibility that some segments of the campus and surrounding communities may be sufficiently upset by the publication of the cartoons that they may become dangerous...
...recalls when her boyfriend was looking at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and she “wouldn’t talk because I...get really upset when guys find girls really attractive. Because I want that attention.” Are current teenage girls’ warped self-image the endpoint of raunch culture...
Professor of Economics Edward L. Glaeser, a steadfast Summers supporter over the past year, said he was upset, but not surprised...
...Canada?s 4-1 victory over Sweden for the Olympic gold medal in women?s ice hockey came in an anticlimactic final. Sweden?s upset of No. 2-seed Team U.S.A. in the semifinal was described widely as a Lake Placid moment for women?s hockey. The Swedes caught the Americans on a bad day, maybe looking ahead to the Canada game. The result effectively rendered the gold-medal match as predictable as finding pizza in Torino. Tickets for the gold medal game were going for all of 3 Euros on Monday...