Word: upsetting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Idaho, handsome young (32) Attorney Frank Church achieved a startling upset in his first bid for a major political office by defeating moss-backed Republican Incumbent Herman Welker...
...West Virginia, 34-year-old Republican Cecil Underwood, onetime teacher of biology and now vice president of Salem (W. Va.) College, upset favored Democrat Robert Mollohan. Underwood, a six-term member of the state house of delegates, campaigned hard and sharp against the statehouse machine, the so-called "flower fund" to which state employees allegedly had to contribute 2% of their salaries, and the state road commission, which, he claimed, made "more millionaires of equipment dealers than it has good roads...
Undergraduate opinion holds a Harvard upset over Coach Charley Caldwell's undefeated players a definite possibility. It is felt that a hard-fought victory over the "erratic" Crimson team would add more to excitement than an easy sweep...
Although the Tigers rate a slight edge on performance over the season, the Crimson is ready after a week's rest and could easily pull off an upset. Munro's squad is at full strength, and even reserves have looked good in practice this week...
...Possible Upset...