Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Jimmy Carter's Southern stronghold. The President overwhelmed the Senator by 10 to 1 in his native Georgia, 6 to 1 in neigh boring Alabama, and nearly 3 to 1 in Florida. Carter ran badly in sections of south Florida's Gold Coast, where many Jewish voters, upset over the Administration's inept handling of the United Nations resolution condemning Israel for its settlement policy, cast ballots for Kennedy or "no preference." In all, Carter picked up at least 178 of the 208 delegates at stake in last week's contests so far, for a total...
This is it. The grueling preseason with its seemingly endless yardage; the sun and full-time training in Puerto Rico over Christmas; the bitter taste of the unexpected loss to Princeton followed by the ecstasy of the upset of Indiana and the convincing defense of the Eastern Seaboard title--these events are history now, and the time has come, at next week's NCAA Championships, for the Crimson swim team to show itself and the world just how good a swimming program we have here in Cambridge...
...daughter and was disturbed by the news reports in The Crimson and other news services about the statistical likelihood of DES daughters to have more miscarriages and other pregnancy complications than the general population. I am upset not because, as one Radcliffe freshman said, "it scares me to death" but because the medical community is creating a flase impression of the DES problem. DES is a serious issue, several women have died of cancer. But more damaging is the scare techniques used by uncertain and uninformed physicians. When the DES issue first broke at the beginning of the decade, several...
...reference to your recent article on intramural violence, I was upset to see you blaming intense Straus Cup competition for the altercation between the Quincy and Winthrop House hockey teams. Being one of the protaganists in said altercation, I would like to make clear that my motives had nothing whatsoever to do with the Straus Cup. Instead, I was provoked by the other teams insistence on attempting to "rearrange my face" with their hockey sticks. Though I cannot speak for the oppositions motives, I know that mine certainly were unrelated to "intense intramural competition" or "emphasis on the stupid...
...lesser degree, have been somewhat laggard in their response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In addition, Washington is concerned about a proposed West European initiative in the Security Council that could lead to a resolution on Palestinian self-determination. Such a move, American policymakers fear, could upset the Egyptian-Israeli negotiations on autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza...