Word: wrongs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What's wrong with these kids, these kids who wantonly scrawl their names all over newly-constructed, immaculate subway stations, who are proud to be sadists and masochists, who make too much noise and don't take advantage of their opportunities, who never seem to smile except in ther own discontent...
...First the Egyptian army band and honor guard marched smartly past the assembled officials and journalists. Israeli musicians and soldiers quickly followed. Then each band played for the guests, and played again. And again. And again. By the time an hour had passed, most spectators suspected something had gone wrong, and they were correct: after 17 months of negotiations, the two countries were still haggling over the language in the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and its accompanying documents...
Thievery aggravates another nagging problem: service. When something goes wrong with a cable-attached set, there may well be a problem determining whether the trouble is in the set, the cable hookup or the decoder box. If the latter two, the cable operator must provide service; some operators are quick in responding to calls, others are not. Thieves tapping ineptly into a cable system can ruin cable reception for everyone on a block...
This has been a tough year on Harvard sportswriters. First there was the litany of "Hey, what's wrong with the football team?' Then, "Hey, what's wrong with the hockey team?" And now, the question most often asked over mock cheesburger-and-string-bean lunches is, "Hey, what's wrong with the baseball team...
...There's nothing WRONG with the Harvard baseball team," the senior continued. "In fact, everything's going right with Harvard baseball...