Word: fiascoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kirkland House cross-country team proved that it did not need an Act of God to win the House meet. In a re-run of November fifth's fiasco, in which a deceptively closed Soldier's Field Gate handicapped one-quarter of the runners, Kirkland again finished first...
...primary ingredient, of course, is the memory of last year's fiasco, in which a powerful Eli squad ran the score up so high that most people lost count. But more recently, a series of rather pointed statements from football VIPs at the two colleges have added fat to the fire...
...attempt to bolster the squad after the Buffalo fiasco, coach John Yovicsin will move Dick McLaughlin up to the starting quarterback position and will promote speedy sophomore Larry Repsher to the starting halfback spot. Against Buffalo, Repsher was certainly the Crimson's most impressive offensive threat, and Yovicsin will count heavily on him and Chet Boulris to give the Crimson a chance for an upset...
...worked against the University's broad goals. Too many, it seemed, spent too much time doing anything but study. The theatre revived and flourished, WHRB installed an FM transmitter, and the CRIMSON seriously attempted to match professional journalistic standards. Even the political organizations had time to stage one bizarre fiasco after another...
...Cubans thought that Rebel Chief Fidel Castro was through. His much-touted "total war" against President Fulgencio Batista was a total failure; the general strike in Havana that started literally with a bang ended with a whimper as local leaders went into hiding, shrilly blaming one another for the fiasco. That was early April. Last week reports sifting through heavy censorship indicated that Castro had made a notable comeback. Despite the rebels' continued grandstanding and disorganization, the swelling tide of popular discontent had carried them back to a position of strength...