Word: upsetting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.--A Brown rally for 21 points in five minutes to open the second half dashed hopes of a Harvard upset and sent the Crimson to a 23-14 defeat Saturday on the unplayable, unattractive and unspeakable turf of Brown Stadium...
Cody, whom coach Joe Restic selected out of a throng of placekicking candidates in September, nailed another one and a Harvard upset began to look like a real possibility...
...Bentubo is putting the pressure on. The owner of Richard's Arco has poured more than $5000, much of it from family members, into the campaign, and his posters and placards blanket (and litter) sections of the city. If he draws many Portuguese voters away from Vellucci, he could upset the council balance. But Vellucci has always thrived on hot fights--he won re-election two years ago shortly after the Boston Globe caught him holding down a no-show job. This year, unendorsed by either of the major slates, he is calling himself "The Lone Ranger." "Al loves...
Among the old-line independents, the possibility of upset exists. Walter Sullivan will breeze into office, probably at the head of the field, but Mayor Danehy, Frisoli, and Crane all face fights. Two former councilors upset in the 1977 elections. Daniel Clinton and Leonard Russell, have outspent the incumbents ("People in office are less willing to hit up their supporters for dough" theorizes one city politician), and are trying to rebuild the coalitions that elected them in the past. Danehy didn't pay his taxes on time two years ago, a revelation that may damage his candidacy. Frisoli...
Harvard fans will remember Jennings for her role in Princeton's victory at the annual Big Three meet where she broke the Franklin Park course record. Penn State fans will now remember Jennings for her upset win over their top runner, Kathy Mills, in yesterday's meet. Mills, who has won the Eastern Championship for the past three years, crossed the finish line at 17:11 for second place, and a time that also bettered the old course record...