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Word: upsets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ernie was not being realistic. Neither Australia nor Canada wanted to join Britain in pursuing the will-o'-the-wisp of an imperial closed shop. Bevin took another poke at the rich old bogey of the U.S. "I know these Americans will be upset," he said, "but I've got to upset somebody. My own conviction is that she handicapped herself ... by failure to redistribute the Fort Knox gold ... to assist in increasing the purchasing power of the devastated areas of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: I've Got to Upset Somebody | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

...quiet French wine town of Mâcon on the Saone, the hospital's doctors and nurses wore worried frowns. Even Madame Anne-Marie Demussy, the usually calm head nurse, seemed upset. Something very odd indeed was going on. In less than three years, 15 women patients had died mysterious deaths under very similar circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Puzzle of the 17 Patients | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

...practices for a half or three-quarters of an hour twice a day, but her mother says, "There's nobody here to get upset over it if she doesn't keep any certain schedule. We want her to grow up like a little girl." Says Margaret: "Sure, I have fun when I practice. I always hope that if I keep practicing, I won't have to take a nap. Don't like naps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Prodigy | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

...Then some, apparently intoxicated by the familiar two-syllable rhythm, began to shout "Duce! Duce! Duce!" That brought counter-shouts of "Down with Franco! Down with Perón! Down with Fascism!" The abashed figure on the balcony heard it all; she was, Argentine officials said later, upset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Familiar Rhythm | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

...first defeat an upset came at the hands of Centre College (where are they now?) whose backfield full of cols and antelopes provided the final 6 to 0 margin. The loss was the Crimson's first in five years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports, Tradition Played Major Role in '22 As Post-War College Returned to 'Normal" | 6/4/1947 | See Source »

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