Word: upsets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson could run with anybody--for about 25 minutes of a 40 minute contest. When Harvard went into the locker room at halftime trailing Ivy League powerhouse Penn by only two points Saturday night, the IAB faithful went wild, but even the most devoted fans did not expect the upset that would make them forget last week's boxing match...
Count Dartmouth out, most likely. They have three games remaining, and even if they do upset Harvard, they still have to beat Brown twice, unlikely since the Bruins are gunning for an Ivy championship...
...Costa Rica's seventh peaceful presidential race in the past 25 years, an underdog candidate scored a stunning upset against the dominant party. San Jose Economist Rodrigo Carazo, 51, running under the banner of the center-left Unity Party, managed to snare a shade more than 50% of the 755,000 votes cast; he edged out Luis Alberto Monge, the candi date of the long-ruling National Liberation Party, who got just under...
Barring an upset, probably General Romeo Lucas Garcia, a former Defense Minister, will win. In any case, Guatemalans classify their elections almost like French wines: '66 and '70 were fairly honest years, '74 was widely regarded as a fraud. On that basis, '78 is apt to be an interesting, possibly violent year...
...Earl Long, Huey's brother and political successor, thereby ending a twelve-year, scandal-ridden dynasty; of kidney failure; in Lake Charles, La. During his term, Jones cut the state payroll by one-third and reorganized the government. When Jones ran for Governor again in 1948, he was upset by Earl Long, but continued to be active in reform politics...