Word: jinxing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harlow protege Neil (Skip) Stahley was on hand at Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon to receive 111 Freshman football candidates who will attempt to break the jinx that has stalked the Harvard Freshman teams of the last few years...
...mother of a man who was shot dead in a saloon brawl, another $1,200 for an Armenian who got his skull cracked during a crap game in a saloon when he persisted in kibitzing after a superstitious dice-thrower complained that he was a jinx...
Then he craftily tore back to his dressing room and hastily slipped on an old suit of clothes; he had good reason, for the deed was done, and as Hutter finished his great 440 the Yale jinx was ended. The meet was soon finished and from the high board a Harvard man, fully clothed, dove into the pool. He was only one of the countless number who had lost money. It might not be amiss to recall the Yale News article appearing shortly before the meet--"My chips are colored Blue--on past experience. So come on Harvard...
...bosses-a deliberate exaggeration like all Communist propaganda. Last week Red bosses and Red typists seemed on good behavior, but Ambassador Davies hustled on out to the Kharkov Tractor Plant, thoroughly inspected the entire works, which now send a tractor off the assembly line every five minutes. Some unfortunate jinx caused the first tractor off the line as Mr. Davies approached to refuse to start. "It has been rejected," announced the Bolshevik interpreter, "and it is now sent to specialists for analysis!" The next tractor snorted off beautifully and during the Ambassador's visit no other breakdown appeared. After...
Amid one of the wildest celebrations in Harvard sports history, the Varsity swimming team broke the Yale jinx Saturday night as they toppled the Eli mermen 39-36 after the latter had won 163 consecutive victories...