Word: mishap
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...experts in DNA, ceramics and ancient languages, to give evidence as to whether or not the crypt of Christ had been found. Their task was complicated by the fact that since the tomb was opened in 1980, the bones of the various ossuaries had gone missing through a mishap of Israeli bureaucracy. Also gone were diagrams made by excavators that showed where each stone sarcophagus lay inside the tomb, and what the family relationships might have been, say, between Jesus and Mary Magdelene, who some speculate may have been his wife...
...indignity of being dwarfed by the Cornell fans like never before. Even our school’s good name is at stake. The number of students at a Harvard game is, among other things, an expression of spirit, a declaration of Harvard pride. This weekend, thanks to the scheduling mishap, Harvard pride will be confined to New Haven...
...second, the Bulldogs tied the score. The Harvard goalie, sophomore Brittany Martin, dropped the puck after making a glove save on a Helen Resor slap shot. Yale’s Crysti Howser came in on the rebound and buried the loose puck. It was Martin’s only mishap of the game, and she would recover to finish with 19 saves on 20 shots. “You have to be resilient and come back strong and show your team you can do it,” Martin said. The score remained tied until the third period, when...
Langguth—a former correspondent for the New York Times—informs us that a parade honoring Alexander Hamilton in New York “was marred by mishap when the arm of the statue representing Hamilton broke off—the arm holding the Constitution...
...compers were doing what the HCC members were doing for the most part,” she says. The comp, which initially involved over 100 interested students, was recently completed and leaves the group at 26 members.One final issue that needed immediate attention after the Wyclef mishap was that of funding.Last fall, under the financial support of the UC, there was a delay in the transfer of funds to the HCC, and UC and HCC members agree that the funding system contributed to the eventual cancellation of the concert.The UC’s partnership with the HCC was primarily...