Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Upset Explained...
Complete returns were not available last night, but indications were that Winthrop House had surged far into the lead in amounts collected. This was an upset of Leverett, which had remained in the lead since the opening of the drive. Leverett and Lowell were closely contested for second position with Leverett still holding a slight lead...
Completely outdistancing opposition, the Yale cross country team upset all predictions to snatch the heptagonal championship Friday at Van Cortlandt Park in New York. Led by Leroy Schwartzkopf, the Yale team finished with a total of 40, 31 points ahead of Harvard, which placed second in the team standing with 71 points...
...America are charged the full insurance rate. This adds to the price of the goods at the other end, makes controlling the price level that much more difficult. But on shipments from South America to the U.S., WSA insurance rates are not nearly so high-in order not to upset OPA's price ceilings in this country. (Example: coffee from Brazil is charged a special government rate of 25? per $100.) But Brazilians think inflation for the goose ought to mean inflation for the gander...
...strategists counted on having to maintain a continuous offensive, once the invasion began? Or had unforeseen events upset careful plans for just such an offensive? It might have been expected that the Japs at their nearby bases would give the U.S. forces no rest, once the Solomons were invaded. Had the Navy expected to draw the Japs into another Midway, instead of the dispersal and infiltration by sea which the Japanese actually practiced? Said Admiral Ernest J. King, in explaining the Solomons invasion last August: "Considerable losses, such as are inherent in any offensive operation, must be expected...