Word: upsetting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fifth set, Columbia, looking for its biggest upset ever, took a 4-0 lead. The Lions fought off several Crimson surges to hold a 9-8 lead...
...dismay to itself and promised to work with whatever government emerges. Reagan's successor will find it all the harder to nudge the region toward peace talks. American Jews were concerned that a right-wing Israel, markedly more religious and militantly nationalistic than before, would alienate or at least upset U.S. supporters already dismayed by Israel's handling of the intifadeh...
...Return, which grants all Jewish immigrants immediate Israeli citizenship. For years the religious parties have sought to redefine "who is a Jew" by recognizing only those born to a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism by an Orthodox rabbi. The proposal to disregard all other conversions has particularly upset U.S. Jews, most of whom identify themselves with the Conservative and Reform branches of Judaism...
...laboring under any such constraint, I am free to say that the voters -- or at least a majority of them -- are idiots, betrayers of their country's future, misperceivers of their own best interests, ignorant about the issues, gulled by slick lies. Unless, of course, there's an upset. In that case, the voters have magnificently exercised their ingrained popular wisdom, vindicated the faith of the Founding Fathers, demonstrated the innate genius of democracy, etc., etc., etc. I knew it all along. Regarding my candidate for Senator, kindly reverse those two explosions of prejudice...
...Golden Knights--who upset Harvard, 6-4, in last year's ECAC Tournament--will depend on the skills of junior goalie John Fletcher to propel them into the ECAC playoffs. Fletcher (.908, 3.20), arguably the best goaltender in the league, is a second-team All-America East selection...