Word: upsetness
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...cheaper places in Britain," says Owen Jelf, who heads the U.K. capital markets practice at consultancy Accenture. But nowhere other than New York boasts the combination of specially tailored office space and clustered expertise to challenge London's status. "I don't see how what is happening will upset London's position as the fulcrum of finance in Europe," says Marc Lhermitte, a partner at Ernst & Young in Paris who specializes in foreign-investment issues. And even in the worst-case scenario of continued market turbulence and a deep recession, the London economy has one crutch that...
...first two-loss national champion in the BCS era, has been partially blamed on nationwide scholarship reductions that made powerhouse programs like Alabama, Notre Dame, and Michigan less able to stockpile talented players, as they had in the past. The resulting trickle-down effect of talent has meant that upsets are more likely within Division I-A, as well as in matchups between Division I-A and I-AA squads (the most famous example being Appalachian State’s stunning upset of Michigan last season). These changes in college football’s talent distribution seem to have helped...
...that time, Orleans was right. Duke was an abysmal 0-12 in 2006, Northwestern went 4-8, and Stanford finished 1-11. But with the slow redistribution of talent taking place in college football, those teams appear to be on the rise; Stanford is 3-3 this year and upset No. 1 Southern California last season, Northwestern is 5-0 and ranked No. 22 in the nation, and Duke is 3-2. Vanderbilt, another highly regarded academic institution, is 5-0 and ranked No. 13 in the nation despite playing in what is regarded as the most difficult conference...
...Catherine is upset that Caleb has been putting a hefty part of his salary toward buying a boat while she can't afford to buy her invalid mother a wheelchair and bed. (Another of the movie's distinctions: focusing on money, or its absence, as an abrasive factor in marital life.) At the request of his father (Harris Malcom), Caleb promises to abide by a spiritual regimen called The Love Dare, in which he'll attempt some act or attitude of kindness toward his estranged wife each day for 40 days. He is encouraged in this by a coworker...
...Their houses get foreclosed and they’re not involved in the discussion,” he said. “I get really upset that the bailout that’s seeking to remedy the situation doesn’t change the systematic problems...