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Word: upsets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...varsity wrestlers gave the powerful Yale Bulldogs a furious fight yesterday at the IAB but fell just short in their bid for a startling upset victory, losing...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Matmen Give Powerful Yale a Scare, But Bulldogs Survive Upset Bid, 21-16 | 2/21/1976 | See Source »

...superb Yale grappler, completely overpowered Harvard's Sal D'Agostino, 15-1, to clinch the Elis triumph. Without a win at 118, Kip Smith's 4-3 victory for Harvard in the unlimited bracket was meaningless, except to make the final score close enough to remind everyone of the upset that might have been...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Matmen Give Powerful Yale a Scare, But Bulldogs Survive Upset Bid, 21-16 | 2/21/1976 | See Source »

...Harvard mentor John Lee can direct his charges to an upset win, however, Yale will have to settle with a tie with Princeton, who suffered its only league loss at the hands of the Bulldogs last week in a one point thriller...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Varsity Matmen Plaster Cornell, 30-14 | 2/17/1976 | See Source »

...been influenced by the serious fire last March in the nuclear power plant at Brown's Ferry, Ala.; the accident convinced him that certain safety systems were inadequate. "I was shaken," he said. "I thought we had built in overkill." Like Hubbard and Briden baugh, he was also upset by U.S. plans to sell nuclear reactors to Israel, Egypt and South Africa, and with India's detonation of an atomic bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The San Jose Three | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

...last night it was just frosting on the cake. While Harvard was drudging through its 4-2 consolation win, my old friends from B.C. were tuning up for the upset of the season. And, after the smoke cleared from the shootout on the Garden's ice, that damned old dog, the Terrier, lay dead, 6-3. And I just sat back and smiled...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Rags to Riches | 2/10/1976 | See Source »

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