Word: upset
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...kind of upset,” said Anna R. Greenberg ’06. “I was pretty excited about my first vote...
...presidential race rolls around. The Bush camp had hoped to take on former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, whose liberal cachet might have alienated Florida's large mass of independent and centrist voters. But the more conservative McBride, 57, who once ran Florida's largest law firm, upset Reno and made a race of it by championing the youth issues where Jeb seemed vulnerable: the state's abysmal education and child welfare systems...
...professor, liberal ideologue, professional agitator and extreme long shot--unseated an incumbent Senator in an election no one thought he could win, he sat down for breakfast with one of the few Establishment politicians he genuinely admired. Fellow Minnesotan and former Vice President Walter Mondale congratulated Wellstone on the upset but warned that the aggressiveness Wellstone had shown on the campaign trail (he starred in a series of Roger & Me--inspired ads in which he stalked his opponent) might not go over well on Capitol Hill. "Remember," said Mondale, "you have six years in the first term, not six days...
...Crimson’s 2001-2002 season hinged on whether or not it could upset top-seeded Cornell in the ECAC championship game. The Big Red entered the contest on a 15-1-1 surge and had destroyed Harvard in the teams’ previous meeting that February. While Cornell cruised through its ECAC semifinal the previous night, Harvard looked exhausted in a 3-2 overtime win over Clarkson...
Wary of his steady presence in goal and how his teammates feed off his leadership, Harvard has formulated a simple plan to upset Danis’ rhythm...