Word: upsetting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...head laughed, apparently somewhat puzzled by his strange behavior, and inquired if he was fragile. He semed upset by this, hesitated, and then burst out, "Yes, you see, I'm made of glass...
...parents less upset about the nation's educational anemia than the educators themselves? Such is the impression left by a Gallup poll of 3,000 parents and 1,100 high school principals...
...think I'll go out and get plastered, then I won't be so upset by articles like "Jews & Alcohol" [March 17]. Yale's Professor Charles Snyder certainly makes us sound like a self-satisfied, overfed bunch of stinkers. And that song, Shikker Iz a Goy! I'm from an Orthodox Jewish background, and I have never heard of it. The Yale researchers said many could recall it; they must have been oldtimers...
...local self-government. The West Indies Federal Labor Party combined the ruling Socialist parties of Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and some of the lesser islands; the less favored Democratic Labor Party united the rightist opposition movements on the two bigger islands plus a scattering of other backers. In a double upset, the Socialists ran second in Jamaica and Trinidad. But a nearly unanimous Socialist vote from the Windwards and Leewards gave the Federal Labor Party an overall majority, with 25 seats. Barring shifts of allegiance by F.L.P. members, the legislature seems certain to elect the F.L.P.'s Sir Grantley Adams...
...thefinals of basketball's National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden, redheaded Sharpshooter Hank Stein sank six quick points in the overtime period, to lead the erratic Xavier University Musketeers (regular season record: 15 wins, 11 losses) to an upset victory over top-seeded Dayton University...