Word: upsettingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the rumor went around six weeks ago that Leopold Stokowski was resigning from the Philadelphia Orchestra, no one took much notice because the fair-haired conductor has upset Philadelphia before with loud cries of "Wolf!" Last week the rumor became fact. Though for once he appeared to have no bone to pick with the Orchestra board, Stokowski refused a new three-year contract, announced that he would return for 20 concerts next season, but that he wanted the rest of his time for research...
...their second victory of the season the Wrestlers defeated a strong Brown team 20-10 in the Indoor Athletic Building on Saturday. Bill Glendinning, in the heavyweight class, upset Saklad, the New England champion, on a nine minute time advantage. Captain Stoddard defeated Zooloomian in the 135-pound class...
Besides two penalties detected on Charlie Houghton, George Aldrich, cub defenseman, enlivened the encounter by using his fists on Chandler of Newton, who had previously upset him. Chandler answered the Challenge, but both participants were taken in custody before any further damage was done...
...Balance," he declared," is the most important requisite of a big league iceman. A player's weight must be evenly distributed over his skates or the least contact will upset...
Most important political upset was the removal from office of General Vincencio Pérez Soto, Governor of Zulia, by hollow-cheeked Provisional President Eleazar López Contreras. In Zulia lie practically all Venezuela's oil wells. General Pérez Soto was a politico in whom U. S., British and Dutch oil companies had largely invested. He was generally considered to be the strongest man in the country. He took his removal quietly last week-and waited...