Word: fiasco
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...most surprising feature of the fiasco is that just that group within the class which complains so bitterly and openly of the domination of elections by small cliques of club men and athletes is the chief offender. At the same time inveighing against the "clique" which "controls" them, and refusing to take themselves any share in bettering conditions, they stand in the way of reforms for which they clamor...
...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...
...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...