Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Research Corp. finds that only 30% of those polled express "high trust and confidence" in "the office of the presidency," and only 20% have high trust in Congress. "We've got a disbelieving mood," observes Harry O'Neill, executive vice president of Opinion Research Corp. "People are upset about a lot of problems, and they don't give very good grades to the institutions that are supposed to be grappling with them...
Carter said he viewed the Pennsylvania contest as "Jimmy Carter against the world." He has yet to prove he can win in a big industrial state, but he hoped for a clear victory-an upset that could finish Jackson. Udall's polls showed Carter ahead. Carter's own private polls indicated that he was the most popular candidate among the three in Pennsylvania, but the voters were so ambivalent that his recently won advantage could vaporize by primary...
...people willing to stop and talk in the chill says she likes Carter "because he's not part of any machine," but she was upset by controversy over the "ethnic purity" statement...
...thing does upset the townspeople: the lack of adequate flood control in the area. The Corps of Engineers has attempted to help by deepening the Souris' channel, but this spring's unusually high water levels could not be contained. Construction of a dam that could help hold back flood waters has been delayed by government red tape and is opposed by environmentalists and by farmers whose land might be flooded. Even if the project were to be approved, residents of Minot are likely to spend several more years warily watching the water. The earliest the dam could...
There was little doubt that Gould's forecast was responsible for the sell-off-which caused some embarrassment for Gould's employer, the New York firm of Anametrics, Inc., an investment advisory service. Clients who pay $500 annually for Gould's opinions were upset to receive them only after they had been acted on by other investors who read summaries of Gould's advice in the newspapers for a few cents. Anametrics Chairman Steven A. Greenberg hurriedly mailed letters to clients denying leaks to journalists and pointing out that Gould's advice should have come...