Word: diastrous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard's recruiting would not have a diastrous effect on sports if all the Ivy League schools took parallel action. With the elimination of Big Ten tactics from Harvard sports, athletes could practice, win, and enjoy themselves while fulfilling a balanced academic and social curriculum. The University should throw ego aside and investigate this financially friendly proposition...
Representatives speculated about the reason so many students were reluctant to fund the council's bank account. Many suggested that it was the organization's diastrous attempts to deal with political issues, such as the much-protested attempt to bring ROTC back to campus in 1989. Others thought it might be botched council projects, like the financially disastrous 1989 Suzanne Vega concert. Still others suggested the council's institutional ineptitude, exemplified by its failure to achieve a quorum at several meetings in the spring...
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