Word: overslept
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Defending champion Dell of Yale failed to show up for his first singles match Friday. He wired that he had overslept and would be two hours late, but the tournament committee decided they could not delay the match that long, and Dell was declared in default...
...varsity fencing team, selected by a pre-Intercollegiate coaches meeting as a "sleeper" team, overslept this weekend and placed only ninth in a field of twelve squads in New York. Fencing 33 bouts in each event, the varsity won 15 in epee, 14 in foil, and 13 in sabre...
While there are risks in the system, considering the confusion that could arise if two or three students overslept after an over-night snowfall, it's worth a desperate try. The rules of the game would require strict observation--but rules are Good Things if they have positive effects...
...smoke and then sprint for the rendez-vous, exam in hand. An experienced tutor could easily analyze an examination in a few minutes and deliver a quick lecture on the best answers. The tutorial group would then march to the examination hall, explain that they had slightly overslept, and demand to be admitted. Thus some of the University's present time limits on entering and leaving have more logic behind them than many students realize...
Unchanging as always, however, is that Word of Cheer passed from one friend to the other before the grip of schedule and test tightens again. Although the snow may have at first frightened the Spring Term optimist, awakened like the Freshman who has overslept an exam, he is now reassured and ready to pass along advice. The new term does, in fact, promise more than the resulting slush and returned exams. If all goes well, there will be as many disarmament plans as there are new atomic weapons, and Marlon Brando will not sell his motorcycle. In all events...