Word: disasterous
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While Gore's aims can seem mushy, his methods are not. In a White House whose first reflex is to try to talk every problem into submission, Gore's instinct is to send in the Marines--or, lately, the Air Force. In Haiti the Vice President took on the skittish...
Summers came in for some of the stern criticism hurled at the IMF, which follows the Treasury Secretary's lead, as Asian officials complained that the IMF's austerity measures were aggravating the crisis. "The handling of the crisis was a disaster in the beginning," says Andy Xie, chief China...
Or maybe I'll learn the lesson of that night at the Kong. Maybe I'll take chances more often, and stop thinking that disaster will result. Countless opportunities are bound to present themselves to all of us after we leave Harvard. We can choose to play it safe and...
"This case seems to show the extent of the shambles in the U.S. intelligence establishment," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "The operation to train Muslims to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan during the '80s has proved to be a disaster. And there's an obvious lack of coordination between different...
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Most of the property damage caused by last week's deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas should be covered by standard homeowners' policies. But if you live in a flood- or hurricane-prone area, you can't rely on that kind of relief in the event of a...