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...other forms of self-exoneration to be confused with it, though they be equally impressive. The "psychological mishap" is quite popular; when David Begelman, the former head of Columbia Pictures, was asked why he stole $60,000 from his company, he cited "neurotic displays of self-destructiveness." Political necessity is a good excuse as well-the Soviets, for example, explaining their invasion of Afghanistan as a gesture to save Afghanistan. Then there is the "I don't recall," a sort of buck pass to one's memory. Blaming the state is a standby too, as are blaming modernity...
Harvard Athletic Director John Reardon said yesterday he's resigned to the verdict: "We had a technical failure: we failed to meet the rules," That technical error may spark a lightening of rules to prevent a similar mishap in the future, but for the wrestling squad, it means they'll have to wait another year to prove that they deserved the little...
...accident could not have come at a more awkward time for the nuclear-power industry, already under attack for its spotty safety record. What is worse, the Ginna mishap may be a portent of troubles ahead, since steam lines in many plants around the country are also plagued by corrosion. Indeed, by week's end, reactors in New Jersey and Vermont had been shut down because of leaks in their plumbing, and the NRC reported that plans to restart Three Mile Island's Unit No. 1, closed for refueling at the time of the 1979 accident...
...playing basketball with some friends the day after Christmas," Dixon said yesterday, "and I slipped on some water." A trip to the Temple University hospital followed the mishap, and Dixon ended up in a cast, which was removed yesterday under the guidance of Harvard doctor Arthur Boland...
Radcliffe sent seven boats into the fray, none of which escaped without mishap--one boat hit a buoy at the start, one scraped a bridge on the way, while one steered clear of everything on the course, even the finish line. But in the end, the first boat finished third, closely tailing BU and Smith College throughout the two-and-a-half mile race...