Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...case promises to linger on no matter what the Justice Department decides to do. Greensboro officials, already upset because their city served as a battleground for those they view as "outsiders," were afraid that the decision will only spark further trouble. The verdicts did not trigger the rioting that officials feared, but more than 1,500 people in Guilford and Durham counties participated in peaceful demonstrations to "express citizens' concerns" over the acquittals. In the only violent reaction, a gunman in a speeding car fired shots at acquitted Klansman Smith as he drove along a deserted Lincoln County road...
Most memorably, they battled at Boston Garden in a trilogy of Beanpot excitement. On Valentine's Day, 1977, Hughes--then a freshman--helped Harvard upset the Terriers after seven consecutive losses over a three-year span with a game-tying goal. On March 2, 1978, Craig kicked away 29 shots in a 7-1 laugher. And on February 5, 1979, the two met for the last time, B.U. bringing home a 4-2 victory on the way to its 11th Beanpot title...
...week earlier, the Crimson had upset a surprised Boston University squad, deftly battling its way to a 5-3 win and the second spot in the annual women's Beanpot tournament. While the Yale game typified the frustration the icewomen experienced all season--an unsynchronized offense, timid backchecking, and hesitation in front of the net--the B.U. game showed that individual talent could coalesce to overwhelm Harvard's opponents when the squad mustered up a bit of confidence...
Saturday, Yale took the field knowing it had to confront a Harvard team sporting a 7-2 won-lost mark including a dazzling upset of Army, an impressive defense with a knack for the big play, and an offense which, while characterized by unevenness, seemed latently lethal...
...Crimson gridders opened the '70s with two wins, took two in the middle and closed out with last year's amazing 22-7 upset in New Haven. Yale took the only shutout, a 35-0 laugher in 1973, and outscored Harvard 205-161 over the ten-year period...