Word: upset
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...Black and White first varsity came in seeded third, but had an upset on its mind as it had tied No. 6 Yale (seeded No. 2) and lost to the Tigers (seeded No. 1) by a narrow margin earlier in the season...
...London Times published the complete minutes of a meeting Tony Blair held with his cabinet in July of 2002. This extraordinarily damning glimpse into the pro-war clan’s decision-making process created quite a stir in England, where many voters were upset by what the document revealed about their government’s naked intent to manipulate public opinion. The disclosure came at a particularly bad time for Blair and other Labour MPs, as it forced him to publicly address the issue in the last days of his campaign for re-election...
...building is zoned specifically for graduate students after lobbying by neighbors, who feared late-night noise and were upset by the conversion of DeWolfe into undergraduate housing after the University promised it would be for graduate students and junior faculty...
Though the odds on paper may not be in Harvard’s favor, the team is anxious for the rematch and believes that it has what it takes to pull an upset...
With three of Harvard’s top four singles players all trailing their matches, the Crimson was in danger of being upset in the first round for the second year in a row. Durkin, however, stepped up to send Harvard into the next round. With the first set locked at four, Durkin broke Dent’s serve and then held her own serve to close out a tight 6-4 win. After Dent went ahead in the second set, 4-3, Durkin reeled off wins in three straight games, breaking Dent’s serve twice...