Word: mix-up
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Unhappily, there was a mix-up at the concert: Catelinet's place on the program was changed without his knowledge, and he had to wait in the wings, hugging his tuba, for 20 minutes. By the time they got onstage, both Catelinet and his instrument (which, like all cussed brasses, needs a lot of last-minute tootling to warm it up) had a case of chills. The orchestra broke into the concerto, and the tuba came in disconcertingly off cue. The whole first movement, in fact, sounded as if there were pigeons in the brass, alas...
Still handicapped by both lack of practice and dependable reserves, the varsity lacrosse team will meet the University of North Carolina on the Business School field at 3:00 today. A game was originally scheduled with Amherst College, but due to a mix-up was cancelled...
...clumsy term covers a wide variety of cases. Pediatrician Wilkins argues that one type, at least, should be classed as intersexuality. This covers cases in which the embryonic gonad definitely takes the form of one sex, but other sex organs resemble those of the opposite sex because of a mix-up in the genes and chromosomes. Surgery to correct the "accessory organs" is the only answer...
However, it did discuss the Yale weekend mix-up in the Inter-House Dance Committee. At that time, Adams, Dunster, Kirkland, and Leverett "fought for patrons in a vicious price...
...freshmen will be without the services of sprinter Herb Collins who was declared ineligible due to a transfer mix...