Word: blunder
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yesterday afternoon the University crew won an exciting and fiercely-fought race on the Charles River by finishing a few feet of open water ahead of the second crew, which in turn finished about ten lengths ahead of the third crew. An unfortunate blunder on the part of cox-swain King marred the race somewhat, but served to bring out the splendid spirit of the University eight, a spirit which wins races against heavy odds. Just before reaching the Cottage Farm Bridge the University crew ran into a launch anchored in the stream. All four starboard oars...
...Corporation really believes that it made a mistake a year ago in adopting the recommendations, it is admitting a most deplorable blunder; by returning to the old policy it becomes responsible for another of those useless vacillations for which we are becoming so famous...
There was no "blunder" nor was there "unexplainable lack of judgment." A very little sane consideration will show this conclusively, now that the first keen disappointment in losing a race which, frankly, everyone expected to win, is over. What were the facts? Van Brunt was an experienced runner, the only "H" man qualified to make the relay team and the only one who had had previous experience on University relay teams. He has made better time in the half-mile run than any other man in College. He had had sufficient practice. A bad ankle, which had prevented his training...
However, in spite of that one deplorable blunder, it must be remembered that the track team has always been one of the most successful branches of athletics at Harvard, and that there are few if any coaches that Harvard has ever had who in any branch of sport have turned out as many teams victorious against Yale as has Coach Lathrop...
...from him, and threatens to use force to procure it. Rosine denies having such a note, and pretends to swoon, not however, before she has placed a note from her cousin in her pocket in place of the one received from Almaviva. Bartholo takes the note, and discovers his blunder. He apologizes to Rosine, and leaves her alone to read the note from her lover...