Word: mixup
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Here his grandson, Lance, discovers him, white-haired, philosophic, feeding clouds of friendly pigeons. Lance, gentleman bred, chafed at his parents' flashy new-wealth, scorned his father for concealing the identity of his grandfather. Skipping a generation, Lance brought to understanding old Pybus all his young troubles−mixup with a London tart, throes of a first novel. Old Pybus basked in the confidences, gave harsh literary advice, produced just the girl for Lance. That Lance, of avowedly artistic temperament, should accept both the advice and the girl so promptly is somehow too storybook...
...again. For five minutes the Harvard marksmen lost the range, but as the timer's watch showed nine minutes and 27 seconds gone, Captain J. P. Chase '28 dashed away from the field to tally, and 16 seconds later the Crimson leader poked in another score from a mixup in front of the cage...
Said Hempstead Postmaster Sealy: "Gosh, I'm sorry I got into this mixup. I didn't know that there was any controversy between the Post Office and Mr. Levine...
...unwillingness of Mrs. Gubbins to give up the insurance which is being paid her for her son's death her tendency to indulge in what Mrs. Gump called "nips", Spoofy's strange mania for burglarizing anyone on the slightest pretext, and the inevitable mixup with Scotland Yard, all provide wholesome laughs a plenty...
...several series of baskets by both teams, Millar and Captain Cullen of Dartmouth each placed a field goal, which gave the Green the lead. The Crimson made several rallies to overcome the lead that the Hanover team then began to pile up. Captain Gordon twisted his ankle in a mixup under the opponents' goal but resumed play shortly afterwards...