Word: flukes
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According to Bruce Breimer, college counselor at Collegiate School in New York, the decrease in Harvard applications is not so much a drop as a reordering. He said that last year’s spike in early applications was a fluke, coming as a result of a “nonsensical” policy...
Kolarik attempted five shots in the third period alone, three of them on net. He rung the crossbar 15 seconds into the period and had his best opportunity with about 14 minutes left on a fluke three...
...Schwarzenegger victory the start of something big or just a fluke? Does it tell us something about all of us or merely about the mismatch between a popular movie star and a despised Governor? The answer is yes to all of the above. California's recall was laughed at by the rest of the country as being self-indulgent and not serious, a freak show with porn stars, washed-up celebrities and anyone else who could scrape together a $3,500 filing fee and 65 signatures on a petition. It started as a partisan diversion, fueled by conservative radio hosts...
...national politics, writes in an e-mail. “A bit of it is family: A Bush like an Adams or a Taft can procreate. Perhaps there was some nontrivial environmental thing going on in New Haven in the 1960s and 1970s. Who knows? Perhaps it is a fluke...
...Fluke or not, Harvard’s leadership is aware of this year’s shortfall...