Word: fallbacks
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...gave orders to a unit from another, that unit's officers first radioed home to find out whether to obey. Though given a mandate to use force, many of the soldiers carried weapons they are not trained or willing to fire. Worst of all, no one drew up a fallback plan for what to do if one side decided to renege on its word. "The R.U.F. was supposed to turn in its guns," says U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard. "Instead it turned its guns on us." Last week Sankoh vanished after allegedly planning a coup. His troops continue to menace...
...residents have a fallback plan. Last week, they presented a petition to the Cambridge Historical Commission, asking that they designate the house a protected landmark...
...although the former Senator says he's still working on the fine print, most experts, including some who advised Bradley, agree that his $65 billion-a-year cost estimate is too low. Worse, he expects to use the projected budget surplus to pay for it all but has no fallback plan in the event that the surplus does not materialize. Bradley also overpromises. The subsidies he would provide to the poor in many cases won't be enough to cover actual premium costs if he plans to make good on offering a choice between private insurance plans and the government...
...them every day, whether you like them or not. Up the stairs, down the stairs, there's no avoiding the entryway posse. Come nightfall, though, they're the perfect fallback for a lonely freshman night, the optimal finale to an evening of bar hoping or the natural conclusion to several weeks of flirtatious hi's and bye's. Truly, though, as it ends ultimately uncomfortably for all, entryway-cest is ill-advised and nearly always regrettable...
...what's the fallback position? Youthful indiscretion may fairly describe the Congressman's encounter, but wouldn't it also be fairly described as an inappropriate relationship? Either way, we intend to deplore its revelation, at length and in detail...