Word: fiasco
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...deal of cleverness of an observant sort, proves beyond doubt that the writer has no knowledge of human nature. In "Old and New," J. H. Cabot, 2nd, '00, undertakes to delineate the character of a Casco Bay "islander," and fails completely. "Perquisites," by John G. Cole sC., and "A Fiasco," by R. W. Gray '01, are sketches of the usual daily theme type...
...whole the success of the Weld crews this spring has been unprecedented. While the class races resulted in an unfortunate fiasco, the various crews had previously proved themselves to be very fast, and in the opinion of most coaches quite on a par with the regular class crews of previous years...
...breaking of an oarlock on the Harvard 'Varsity shell during the practice yesterday, and the still-remembered fiasco at Henley two years ago, by which Cornell won a barren victory over Leander, suggest the possibility of similar mishaps during the race at Poughkeepsie. There would be neither glory nor satisfaction in a victory won under such conditions. This note is to suggest that by agreement among those in authority, full power be given the referee to recall the crews at his discretion for a new start if the first start should be marred by any evident misunderstanding (wherever responsibility...
...About the most wretched part of the whole Springfield fiasco were those songs the CRIMSON sprung upon us. It was bad enough to lose the game without the unnecessary torture of reading such dreary twaddle. Apart from the fact that they were dull, tiresome, poorly printed, and spelled in the altogether original way the CRIMSON at times affects, they were an insult to the entire college. Not even the CRIMSON has the right to put forth such stuff in the name of this college. The spirit that animated the paper was undoubtedly of the best, but these songs were unmistakably...