Word: rheinhardt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...minds, and Harvard has more than its share of both, as is befitting its three centuries of existence. Some of these a Freshman who is completely strange to Cambridge can pick up as he goes along--but it is a good idea to know who "Copey" is, what "Rheinhardt" signifies, and who "Barry Wood" was, to cite a few examples...
...skill alone controls the boards. Most of the pin language, however, suggests that fate does take a hand in the proceedings. For example, when a pinster triumphs and wins free games, "fees," spectators race about in a mystic trance shouting "Pinball," a call as rousing to Bow Street as Rheinhardt is to the Yard. But bewailing bad luck takes up much more space in the pinball dictionary. A streak of poor playing is described as "Gottlieb working overtime" or "Harry having his foot on the pedal." Even baseball contributed two terms: the "Merkle ball" which slides straight down with only...
First, the word is "Rheinhardt" without the "Oh." Second, it is never called from the open window of a building, but rather from the yard outside, and is meant as a rallying cry to riot...