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Penn and Princeton, despite a loss apiece to Brown, are once again at the top of the League. They still are mean, and they still have the power of the old snaffoo over Harvard. The Crimson really looked whipped in its last three losses, both physically and psychologically, and face another gruelling encounter with the Quaker/Tiger. There is not much hope that the trend will change. I wouldn't go so far as some folks and say that the season has been a complete horror show. But after the weekend it might be appropriate to have the 1972-73 basketball...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 3/2/1973 | See Source »

...Snafu," pronounced "snaffoo"-a good, grumbling Army word, now has a superlative. Snafu, politely translated, means "situation normal, all fouled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Superlative for Snafu | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

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