Word: mayhem
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite the more local frantic antics of 2000 high school musicians who cavorted between the halves of the Donelli-led Boston University upset over Colgate in Fenway Park, the New England accolade for musical mayhem still went to the Crimson bandsmen over the weekend...
...more than a month, mayhem and murder, rape and robbery had been rampant in Indianapolis and surrounding Marion County. Husbands armed themselves, then armed their wives. People bought watchdogs. Locksmiths did a land-office business and householders chained their doors at night. From exclusive Meridian Hills to Pat Ward's Bottoms, nerves were taut. Indianapolis had escaped race trouble during the war, but all the ingredients for an explosion were there...
More intercollegiate mayhem appeared in the offing over the table down at Cronin's Saturday night than over the steering wheel of Ralph f. Sorter '50 of Leverett House...
Full health precautions begin with a complete medical examination of every child upon arrival. Other safeguards include an electrically heated floor, a special temperature regulator, and scientifically designed toys with all sharp edges removed against possible mayhem...
...number of injuries and improve the quality of the game. However, a more explanation of the dangers inherent in a clip or rabbit punch cannot entirely clear the field of illegal plays. A more effective system of referencing must be instituted before any real relief from the bi-weekly mayhem can be expected. With only three referees on the field as against four at every Varsity game, a large number of injury-producing fouls go undetected. More and better qualified reforces at each game would complete the program to make House football a game instead of a slug fest...