Word: upset
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...number of schools are upset that they have had more turnover than they would like to see in their schools,” Fowler-Finn said at the Oct. 1 session about the options he presented for the district’s future course of action...
...four victories overall, including back-to-back defeats of the top and fourth seeds. With a stellar 4-3 decision over No. 1 Jeff Jaggers of Ohio State, Jantzen became the second Crimson grappler to defeat a national champion this season, following O’Connor’s upset of then-No. 1 Jordan Leen in November.“Corey wrestled a great tournament,” Weiss said. “He took on a wrestler [Jaggers] who’s very tough to beat. You can’t make mistakes, and he just wrestled...
Let’s say hypothetically that because of a few bad decisions and utter negligence on my part, I destroyed the Washington Monument. People would be upset. School children would lose a quality backdrop for photographs. Jerry Bruckheimer would no longer have the archetypical Washington aerial shot needed before the president decides to send in an elite team, always manned by Nicholas Cage, to kill someone. And let’s not forget the mountainous heap of rubble. The consequences of my actions, I would estimate to cost the taxpayers around $500 million, and I of course would...
...success—the Crimson and Wildcats both won their league titles and advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four—have experienced some early-season setbacks. New Hampshire has lost three of its last four games, including two against No.1 Wisconsin. Last Saturday, the Wildcats were upset on the road by Colgate, who edged the Wildcats 5-4. Harvard brings a pedestrian 4-4-2 record to the contest, and is fresh off a Thanksgiving weekend sweep at the hands of No. 2 Minnesota. Despite the outcome, the Crimson played well against the talented Gophers and hopes to build...
...really, there's no such thing as a "filibuster-proof 60-seat majority," even if Martin pulls off an upset and Al Franken wins his recount against Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota and Joe Lieberman still counts as a Democrat. Senators don't always vote in partisan lockstep; President Barack Obama could succeed in recruiting Republicans on some issues with a 58-seat Democratic majority, and he could find himself stymied by defections on some issues with a 62-seat Democratic majority. In the Senate, even one determined naysayer is capable of grinding the institution to a halt...