Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Task Force. In the Chicago area, where the number of Government-repossessed houses has risen from a few hundred in the late '60s to 3,300 at present, foreclosures occur seven times more frequently on FHA-insured mortgages than on conventional mortgages. Upset by the Tribune's revelations, Mayor Richard Daley persuaded the FHA to cancel an auction of 700 foreclosed houses scheduled for last month while a federal-city task force inspects them to determine their fitness for habitation. The local U.S. Attorney is investigating allegations against six mortgage lenders for mortgage-insurance fraud...
...Bruin strength is at defense, where nine starters return, including a big defensive line that Harvard fans saw throttle the Crimson in last year's 10-7 Brown upset victory...
...issues which IRRC says most upset the banks this year involved proposals to eliminate pre-emptive rights (which give shareholders preferential treatment if a company issues new stock); to elect boards of directors in different classes serving staggered terms, instead of holding annual elections for all directors; and management proposals to raise the per cent of shareholder votes necessary for the approval of mergers and other business transactions...
...voters since the beginning of the summer, and expects to sign up an additional 4000 by election day. In past elections the margin of victory has been as low as 100 votes and the introduction of so many new voters--if weighed in any one direction--could upset the political balance in Cambridge...
...official told TIME, the bureau deliberately concealed what had happened from the Warren Commission. Said this official: "The truth was that the FBI had information that Oswald intended to take action of some kind." Many agents aware of the cover-up−including James Hosty−were reportedly deeply upset...