Word: mishaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...canceled and no more would be issued. The embassy gave no reason. Argentines guessed that a wave of stay-where-you-are letters from disappointed earlier repatriates had soured Moscow on the idea of large-scale returns. Moreover, the campaign to persuade Argentines to return has frequently backfired. Latest mishap: a 17-year-old boy who ran away from his Russian-born parents, rather than return with them to their homeland, is still hiding out in Buenos Aires...
...brutal sailor" did well out of the disaster, happy in the ruins with loot, wine and women. Thus Voltaire derided the notion that those who have bad luck must deserve it. Some men as sensible as Voltaire, and more charitable, recalled what Jesus said on the occasion of a mishap in the Holy Land: "Those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell...
...Springfield pool, five yards shorter than the more conventional 25-yard length, requires more turns in every event, with the increased possibility of mishap. Thus, varsity coach Hal Ulen finished up last night's practice by assigning turn practice in the shallow pool...
...means the last word on the collision. But when the time came to weigh evidence in the cases involving $40 million in lawsuits, it would be a hard word to ignore because of his impressive manner and his solid record of 20 years of ocean-going command without mishap prior to the collision with Stockholm...
Cohen was almost even with Manhattan's Lou Knight, the heat's eventual winner, when he tripped and fell at the last hurdle. In spite of this mishap, Cohen picked himself up and finished second, but his time was too slow to qualify for the finals...