Word: upsetting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hoped that, after a half century of democratic American tutelage, the Philippines had been made safer for democracy than any other country in Asia; last week's national elections for a new President and Congress rudely upset that hope. Not everywhere were conditions as bad as in Occidental Negros Province; U.S. correspondents found that in Manila, the capital, balloting on the whole seemed to be honest. But in most other parts of the islands, the elections were marked by fraud, intimidation and violence...
Lowell's touch football team scored an upset 36 to 24 win over Timothy Dwight College, but was forced into an overtime to do it. Pete Putnam and Chris May scored two touchdowns apiece for the Bellboys, and it was May's first score that tied the contest up in the dying minutes to force an overtime...
...polio scare and only played four games, Dudley was caught with a porous defense and won only one game. But the Commuters aren't so bad as their record indcates. They have a driving halfback in Dave Gillbert and a pair of good ends, and may pull an upset on the Bulls...
...which would not cause side effects. The Nepera Chemical Co. of Yonkers, N.Y. came close with neohetramine. Several doctors reported it less toxic, and toxic to fewer people, than other drugs in the same family. In September the Food & Drug Administration, satisfied that the average customer would not be upset by the recommended dosage, authorized its sale over the counter...
...will be anybody's battle when the two teams kick off at Providence. Saturday Harvard upset the league-leading Princeton team, but Brown looks formidable on the basis of its recent victory that ended the University of Connecticut's 12-game streak. Against Connecticut, Harvard lost...