Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Familiarity may have bred some contempt, but novelty of another sort has probably proved much more upsetting. In this more cynical opinion, Americans in their role as viewers are not very adventurous. They dote on old pals-Marcus, Archie, Dear Little Mary. They have gone through a lot with them and are loyal through thin and thin. They even resent seeing their good buddies shoved out of old time slots. This year the ludicrous family viewing hour forced unprecedented tinkering with new shows and much rescheduling. CBS and NBC compounded this upset with lineups filled with new programs that turned...
Practically before you could say "F. Scott Fitzgerald," Princeton led, 1-0. Maybe the Tigers' upset win over Brown the previous week had not been a fluke...
Cornell guaranteed itself at least a tie for the Ivy League soccer championship, defeating Brown 2-1 in a showdown game at Ithaca. Yale upset Penn 2-0 at New Haven, and Dartmouth- whipped Columbia, 4-2, at New York...
While Harvard takes on Brown at Providence, R.I., next weekend, Dartmouth will try to upset Cornell in a "must" game at Hanover, N.H. Cornell needs only a tie in one of its final two games to win the Ivy League championship...
Before last Saturday, the Tigers had managed only one win in eight starts, and had not gained an Ivy League victory in ten tries dating back to last year. But then Princeton hung a 2-1 upset on a Brown team that has been practically untouchable over the last couple seasons...