Word: upsetness
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When Davidson guard Jason Richards’ last second three-pointer missed the mark, ending his team’s long-shot bid to upset the mighty Kansas Jayhawks, it became official: For the first time in the history of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, all four number one seeds had advanced to the Final Four...
...Everything that can be said about the film has already been said," says Dick Houtzager, a lawyer specializing in hate speech for the Dutch NGO Art.1. "People aren't as angry or upset as they could have been." Indeed, Dutch politicians had braced themselves for the worst, putting the country on a higher alert and warning other European Union members about possible backlashes. But as most of the morning newspapers headlined, all's quiet the day after, with local Muslim leaders saying the film was not as offensive as they had feared...
Indeed, the scenario for a Clinton comeback remains remote. Even if she decisively wins Pennsylvania's April 22 primary and rides that momentum to upset Obama in both Indiana and North Carolina on May 6, she would probably still trail him in the delegate count. The news that neither Michigan nor Florida will hold do-over contests was another blow to the Clinton effort...
...ambush the committee," objected South Carolina Democrat Fritz Hollings at the hearing, accusing McCain of trying to squeeze through the amendment "in the dark of night." Hollings was also upset that McCain's proposal would upend a rulemaking process...
...three weeks 34,104 new voters registered as Democrats. Significantly, 64% of those who changed parties were in the 12 largest counties - urban areas that have large African American and educated white populations, demographics that are Obama's strength. "I think he has a chance to pull off an upset here," said Ray Owen, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pittsburgh. "The rates of changes in registration and new registrations indicate that some independents are joining the new voters in registering Democratic...