Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...choice of Wavell, who has been trained in neither politics nor diplomacy, upset such expectations. But nothing could upset Indian mistrust of British motives, Indian resentment over the incommunicado imprisonment of Mohandas Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and thousands of fellow nationalists. From New Delhi, TIME Correspondent William Fisher reported...
Last week the righteous were learning that their newborn revolution bore no prenatal taint of promiscuity, nor was it cursed by any desire to upset political tradition. It was a healthy little revolution; there was no need to tag it "liberal." If there had been fears in some quarters, obviously they were unfounded. All signs were reassuring to the righteous. During the week President Pedro Ramirez stepped out boldly...
...Argentines expected that Ramirez & Co. would call an early election. Most believed, with Repetto, that a free election would upset the generals' power...
...fact is, this was a big week for the athletes. Besides baseball, a tennis tournament was in process. Already, there has been one upset. Lt. Stamm, a former champion at the University of Pennsylvania, was defeated by a comparatively unknown Lt. Stark 6-4, 6-0, 6-0. This was quite a surprise. Said Stamm after the defeat, "I was beaten fairly and squarely. I have no alibis, but it was the rubber program that best me--those damned reclaimed tennis balls...
...supposing that even an imprisoned people could be ignored in the choice of their leaders. Perhaps he supposed that General Catroux could be weaned from support of De Gaulle. Now he appeared to be siding with the Giraudists against "indiscriminate" treatment of former collaborationists. General de Gaulle rudely upset Minister Murphy's delicate balance of forces...