Word: upsettingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...vote; the Liberals won a temporary victory by a 12-to-8 vote to boost relief wages to prevailing rates; the Inflationists lost on a greenback amendment. But these were inconclusive skirmishes, to be refought in the Senate. Despite opposition only a major accident was likely to upset the Administration's plans because 1) its bill is in effect a compromise which all the warring factions would prefer to the proposals of their opponents; 2) in conference the well-gagged House can probably veto any changes...
...team. Despite the substitution of Bliss, speedy half-miler who ran in the Millrose games last week, Harvard is conceded no chance for either first or second place, but the Holy Cross combination which outsprinted the Crimson runners in the K. of C. meet is due for an upset if the track stars do as well as they have been doing in the last week of practice. Derrickson, Floyd, Bliss, and Captain Scheu form the two-mile aggregate for Harvard...
...made more difficult by the shifting requirements of men perforce hastily gathered together, without training for the purpose, overwhelmed, overworked, and often made arrogant by the magnitude of jobs undertaken all at once. Too frequently these men are incompetent to handle the problems they face; yet their decisions constantly upset business...
...attempts at change, nor by liberals who would put no check on hasty attempts to alter the face of government. Yet this well-balanced court is in a tight spot. A majority may believe that it would be less serious for the U. S. to face the economic upset caused by upholding the gold clauses than to establish a precedent that may in future make all contracts into scraps of paper to be blown hither & thither by any political wind. But if the Court should decide to uphold the gold clauses, the reaction ot the country against the Court would...
...headlines died away and the price of crude remained at $1, it became clear last week that the Supreme Court's first anti-New Deal decision was more of a warning to Congress than it was a painful upset to the nation...