Word: kilter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...before she accepts Yale's challenge, and Yale wishes the challenge accepted and the matter arranged afterwards. Harvard has sent an 'ultimatum,' and the Sublime Port and Starboard committee of New Haven are deliberating their answer to it. Meanwhile trade is depressed, and the shares market is out of kilter. This tinkering with the boat race should stop, and the matter decided in one way or another, or a panic may ensue, deep-reaching and appalling...