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Upheavals in publishing and higher education have knocked their income back to starting-level salaries.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2018

Party Upheavals As governor of Tennessee, Mr. Alexander helped change the face of the state.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2011

Upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia have been partly linked to discontent at soaring food prices.

From Scientific American • Mar. 8, 2011

Upheavals in the remnants of its 500-year-old colonial empire complicated Portugal's crisis last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upheavals of the soil by elastic forces — p. 217-228. d.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von