Word: mishap
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...showing of the eights. After breezing into the finals with a 10-second win over Wellesley, the winds of fate shifted against the Cliffe quartet. At the start of the fours finals, Radcliffe jumped out to a quick lead only to have an oar jump its oar lock. The mishap forced the race to be called back for a second start...
...race was run without any serious mishap, due to the cooperation and coordination of the police. The only accident occurred at the start, when two inexperienced riders scraped against the curb and tumbled to the ground. They received minor scrapes, and one dropped out of the race. Only one other person, out of 51 starters, did not finish...
...aggressive. People who look for the police to solve this problem are looking in the wrong direction." Meanwhile, Dr. Tanay warns that the chances of getting murdered in a gun-laden society are so great that it is unwise ever to argue with a stranger during, say, a traffic mishap...
Although Kongsli's mishap may have cost Vermont the runner-up spot, what cost them a chance at being the first Eastern team in 14 years to win the title were the disappointing performances of their second and third jumpers who finished at 17 and 21. Kongsli and the Colorado jumpers were all in the 58-60 meter range, while the Vermont backup men found gravity much more irresistible and gave up the urge to flight at the fifty-meter mark...
...racers were victims of the tricky snow conditions. Harvard's Ben Steele caught two bumps wrong and was launched abruptly into spectatordom on his first run. Middlebury's Tim Fisher spun out and finished his flight with a mid-air cartwheel or two. Somewhat confused after the mishap, Fisher thought his ankle was broken, but doctors declared it was a concussion instead...