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Word: upsettingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most surprising upset of the season so far, Columbia's line held against Dartmouth's Bill Morton and Bill McCall. Hewitt did much of the Columbia gaining but a new sophomore named Clifford Montgomery made two of the touchdowns, Red Matal the other. It was Columbia's most important victory in 16 years. Score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Oct. 26, 1931 | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

...poor record this year, the Longhorns in their short workout yesterday looked big, smooth-working, and potentially powerful. Containing practically all the members of last year's superb team, the present Texan eleven has dismally failed to equal its predecessor. Following an easy victory over Missouri, the Longhorns were upset in their next game with Rice, and recovered in time for a bare win over Oklahoma last week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Favored as Texans Prepare to Pass, Pound Line | 10/24/1931 | See Source »

...asserted that the agreement was approved by Attorney General Mitchell and "an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury." In Washington the Department of Justice had admitted approving this deal, insisted the procedure was customary. Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden Livingston Mills had denied knowing anything about it. Judge Wilkerson had upset the plans by declaring: "The court will listen to recommendations, but it is utterly impossible to bargain with a Federal court." Then he had allowed frightened Capone to change his plea to not guilty, had sought?and failed ?to have a grand jury indict him under the Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Who Wouldn't Be Worried? | 10/19/1931 | See Source »

Matter of fact, Statesman Stimson was so upset about China & Japan and whether they were resorting to war as an instrument of national policy or just fighting, that he did not go out to lunch. Beaming Negroes brought steaming trays. Without leaving his desk, the Secretary munched with his advisers, including U. S. Ambassador to Japan William Cameron Forbes, in Washington on vacation. Alarmingly the New York Herald Tribune, chief Administration newsorgan, reported: "The situation in Manchuria holds the major attention of the State Department. . . . Open warfare between China and Japan would present a more delicate international problem for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN-CHINA: War! | 10/19/1931 | See Source »

...error made by Third Baseman Flowers of St. Louis in the sixth game. His wild throw to first base upset young Pitcher Paul Derringer who thereafter walked four batters, forced in two runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: World Series, Oct. 19, 1931 | 10/19/1931 | See Source »

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