Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before the terrorist attack, Begin had been having domestic problems of his own, stemming largely from the very issue that has most upset Carter: the Israeli settlements policy. As he arrived in Washington, Defense Minister Weizman got word that Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon had ordered work started on two new settlements on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River in defiance of Weizman's order that they be stopped. In a heated call to Jerusalem, Weizman pleaded with Begin to halt work on the settlements until after the Premier's own Washington trip. "If only one tractor...
...that they would be willing to see me in Moscow on Oct. 11. Although I had had enough (anyone in my position would have lost his patience as a result of their deliberate failure to respond for almost half a year), I didn't show that I was upset in the least and did leave for Moscow. At the talks I repeated the words I had said to them in March: "I don't mind, my friends, if you keep me one step behind Israel [in armaments] but I find it a bit too much to be twenty...
...round of the Virginia Slims Boston stop at B.U.'s Walter Brown Arena, Navratilova was again confronted with one of the detractions of being number one because though the world loves a winner, it loves an underdog even more. While Kerry Reid was mounting what looked like a possible upset of the top-seeded Navratilova last night, the crowd gathered unanimously in the Reid corner...
Duke edged Ivy champion Penn, 84-80, at Providence last night, and Villanova upset 13th-ranked Indiana on Rory Sparrow's twisting turnaround layup with 13 seconds remaining...
...comes the start of the "second" season, the time of year when a coach's index finger cramps with fatigue from phone calls to prospective student-athletes, a time to polish up on the Crimson sales pitch [see box], a routine enhanced by Harvard's stunning upset of Ivy champion Pennsylvania, 93-87, a month...