Word: fiasco
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates, one cannot help but be impressed with the weakness of our men. From present developments the freshmen here are decidedly inferior to the men at New Haven, and only by the hardest kind of work and systematic training can Harvard hope to wipe out the remembrance of the fiasco of last year's freshman team...
Nearly all the seats for the Yale-Harvard fiasco last Saturday, were sold within two hours after the sale commenced...
...possible precautions have been taken this year to avoid a repetition of the fiasco of last year, when the signals were misunderstood, and three of the crews started off in succession before the word was given. Printed directions for starting, which are given below, have been distributed among the crews, so that each oarsman will know what signals to expect before the crews get into line...
...juniors' tug on Saturday had the largest crowd of spectators and followed up the "fiasco" race closer than any of the others, thus getting the most good out of their money...
...subject of which is the approaching complimentary dinner to the university crew. There ought to be no need of urging the students to be present on this occasion and thus show their appreciation of the crew's splendid work last year. But the dinner last fall was such a fiasco and the recent meeting was so poorly attended that it shows the need of an earnest appeal to prevent the coming dinner from being a failure...