Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard got off to a two-seat lead at the start, and relentlessly increased its margin over Navy to one-and-one half lengths by the 1100-meter mark. Then disaster hit the Crimson boat.
But despite the televised disaster in Southeast Asia and despite the debate in Washington about the question of aid, no one seems to be picketing or petitioning about Viet Nam. Most hawks and doves are watching the tragedy with numb resignation.
As all great diplomats know, however, success is not a permanent state. One double and one quadruple bogey on the front nine spelled disaster, and not even a sub-par 35 on the back nine could turn the tables yesterday.
The essay is usally a neutral factor in a admission, written carefully and on a safe subject, often the activities the applicant has participated in or about his life in his hometown. "But in about 10 per cent of the cases it's really interesting and well done," Reardon said...
Sometimes the actions of Yale and Princeton will put Harvard at a disadvantage. Two years ago, a tenth generation Harvard son who was a good athlete but an academic disaster received a rejection letter from the College. The boy got into Yale and Princeton and admission officials were unable to...