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...largest rugby tournament in the world was held last weekend at the Mardi Gras, and 16 members of the Harvard rugby team rented and borrowed cars for the 30-hour drive to New Orleans only to discover there had been a mix-up in the payment of their entry...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Rugby Team Scrums at Mardi Gras; Collects Loss And Tie in Exhibitions | 2/25/1977 | See Source »

Because of a mix-up in the weighing-in procedure, Crimson coach Johnny Lee agreed not to use Cusumano. Consequently, Milt Yasunaga moved up a slot to take Cusumano's place and Harvard forfeited the co-captain's normal 126-pound berth...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Matmen Bag Two Ivy Wins | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

Recently Michael A. found he is part of a Harvard Triple. A third Michael Kennedy surfaced as an employee of the Faculty Club, where Michael A. also works. They met because of a mix-up in paychecks...

Author: By Thomas A. Mullen, | Title: Names Beguile, Befuddle, Bedevil Harvard Doubles | 12/10/1976 | See Source »

...Most of the callers don't believe it's a mix-up," Michael A. says. "They insist it must be a joke...

Author: By Thomas A. Mullen, | Title: Names Beguile, Befuddle, Bedevil Harvard Doubles | 12/10/1976 | See Source »

...Wild West conflicts emerging immediately--the hanging judge is looking for some new sucker to don the marshall's badge, the old lawman having been gunned down shortly after the curtain rises. But then authors Christopher Harding and Robert Mack let loose a torrent of subplots including a twins mix-up a governor's race, a will succession controversy, three romances and a dead heiress masquerading as a bartender...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: The Burden of Spoof | 3/17/1975 | See Source »

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