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Word: fiascos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brian Petrovek, the undeserving object of some criticism after Monday night's Beanpot fiasco, will probably be in the nets for Harvard once again tonight. In the 7-2 loss to B.U., Petrovek watched his usually dependable defense crumble before the Terrier onslaught, and was forced to make a record 55 saves...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Harvard Six Faces Slumping Quakers | 2/14/1975 | See Source »

...nemesis of sexist marriage. The holy imperative to devote one's soul to another human being whose primary devotion is to work brought possessiveness, analysis, self-reproach and despair. As if this weren't enough, Tolstoy's perceptiveness forced her to see the vicious source of the entire fiasco--woman's exclusion from meaningful work...

Author: By Laurel Siebert, | Title: To Love And To Work | 11/15/1974 | See Source »

...hated living hi New York again," says Tinker. "I didn't stay a year and asked them to let me out of my contract." In the meantime, his wife tried Broadway-and found fiasco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhoda and Mary -Love and Laughs | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

...just say (unintelligible) very bad to have this fellow Hunt, ah, he knows too damned much, if he was involved-you happen to know that? If it gets out that this is all involved, the Cuba thing, it would be a fiasco. It would make the CIA look bad, it's going to make Hunt look bad, and it is likely to blow the whole Bay of Pigs thing, which we think would be very unfortunate-both for [the] CIA, and for the country, at this time, and for American foreign policy. Just tell him [presumably FBI Director Gray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Stay to Hell Out of This | 8/19/1974 | See Source »

...just postpone scratching noises [unintelligible] Just say [unintelligible] very bad to have this fellow Hunt, ah, he knows too damned much, if he was involved -- you happen to know that? If it gets out that this is all involved, the Cuba thing would be a fiasco. It would make the CIA look bad, it's going to make Hunt look bad, and it is likely to blow the whole Bay of Pigs thing which we think would be very unfortunate -- both for CIA and for the country, at this time, and for American foreign policy. Just tell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of Transcripts Released Yesterday | 8/6/1974 | See Source »

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