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Word: upsetting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...large margin of victory, although the vaunted Bulldogs' point total was their highest against a Crimson eleven since 1884. Harvard bounced back the next year, in 1953, however, and surprised an equally respected Yale team, 13 to 0. The Crimson followed again the next year with a 13-9 upset over the Eli squad that seemed headed for Ivy title...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: 84 Seasons of Football's Greatest Rivalry | 11/20/1959 | See Source »

Also at stake is the Big Three title. The Crimson seeks its first win in the round-robin competition since 1954, when the varsity beat Princeton, 14 to 9, and upset Yale, 13 to 9. The Bulldog team will be trying for its fourth Big Three championship in five years...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 11/19/1959 | See Source »

...Tennessee (5-1-1)-has lost to Georgia Tech, but has twice upset its betters (L.S.U., 14-13; Auburn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Top Ten | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

...Much Damage? The timetable could be upset by the extent of damage to furnaces during the long shutdown. In some cases, the interior brick linings have contracted and furnace roofs have fallen in. Steelmen waited anxiously for signs of other damage as the heat built up to 3,000°. What may hold repairs to a minimum is the fact that U.S. Steel, Inland and others kept nonunion supervisory staffs in the mills to keep heat in the furnaces and do some of the basic repair work as the damage occurred. The industry will not know for sure until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Back to Work | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

After all its film was exposed, an automatic mechanism set Lunik to spinning again, so that sunlight during its journey would not scorch one side while the other side froze and upset the delicate mechanism inside. Then, having gone around the moon, Lunik swung back toward the earth, began to transmit the pictures. A slow system was used when Lunik was still at a great distance from the earth, a faster system when it came nearer and its signals were easier to receive. The transmission was done by a sort of TV camera that scanned the pictures electronically, line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Moon's Far Side | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

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