Word: fiasco
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...pity that the Harvard-B.A.A. relay race was a fiasco, due to Willcox's tumbles, as a fair estimate could be gained as to how fast the Harvard quartet is travelling at the present time. In its other races it has won handily, only being beaten by the speedy Pennsylvania team. The 2-lap and 3-lap relays should turn out to be the closest and most interesting races. At present the University and the Pennsylvania quartet are the favorites, but Cornell will put up stiff opposition. The 6-lap and medley relays should also be good races...
Says a Boston newspaper, commenting upon the efforts of certain pacifists to bring about peace: "The fiasco will show them that their quarrel is not with principalities and powers, but with the world they live in. They will discover that, with no other world available at present, it is the summit of wisdom to peg along prudently in this...