Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Faux Pas. The critics, upset by defeats in the Orient, not only made charges of British bungling and greed, but also attacked the Government's entire conception of the world crisis. Countless Britons had been shocked to hear Anthony Eden, on his return from Russia, declare: "The trouble with Hitler . . . was not that he was a Nazi at home; the trouble with him was that he would not stay at home." To many this sounded as though their Foreign Secretary, and by inference others in the Government, had a curiously warped notion of Naziism...
...such a quake hits them again, it will certainly upset the Mikado's apple cart," Landsberg said. "Most of the dwellings in Tokyo and Yokohoma are flimsy, wooden things. It would take months of concentrated bombing to equal that damage inflicted by a sudden release of the tremendous energy stored in the bowels of the earth...
Partly it was rain that upset their calculations, miring them in hub-deep, sucking mud. But mostly they had failed because they were faced by the only troops in Asia who could match them in war-wrung experience. They themselves had taught these Chinese veterans how to snuggle against protecting hills, how to gauge ranges and rations, how to hold out hopelessly or attack desperately...
Saturday will see Cornell at Dartmouth for a highly important match. Should the Ithacans upset Coach Ozzie Cowles five, the Indians' chances to overtake the Big Red will be greatly dimmed. The Elis will jouney to Pennsylvania on the same day for what may well be a fight for the cellar position as neither team is rated very highly in league competition. Princeton, taking time out for exams, will not play until January...
...Tiny" Gorman finally did what he has been threatening to do all season, when he upset Bus Curwen in the 220 yard free style. His time was 2:22.5. "Big John" Eusden also turned in one of the best performances of the meet when he took the 50-yard free style and shaved his time down to 24.7. Shaw McCutcheon, who had yet to compete this year because of a trick shoulder, came back with a vengeance and won the diving event handly by amassing a total of 108.8 points...