Word: fecklessness
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...1990s, McCain was still a fairly loyal Republican who voted against Clinton's economic plan and health care plan, then supported shutting down the government in 1995 and dragging the country through impeachment in 1998. Clinton could also remind Americans that McCain constantly accused him of pursuing feckless policies in the Balkans, Haiti and North Korea, frequently predicting disastrous consequences that never seemed to materialize. Clinton could also do the nominee a favor by reminding Americans that the dire warnings Republicans are issuing about Obama's economic plans - tax-and-spend liberalism, bordering on socialism, sure to kill jobs...
...Yugoslav succession began in June 1991, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jacques Poos, with an eye to resolving them, famously declared: "This is the hour of Europe." It wasn't, of course. The brutal force of the combatants, especially those led by Karadzic and Mladic, made a mockery of feckless attempts by Europeans to broker peace. The circumstances of Karadzic's arrest, however tragically late, demonstrate far better the kind of benevolent power the E.U. can exert. Even if formal enlargement of the Union appears blocked for now, Karadzic's detention shows that in Serbia, the prospect of deeper ties...
...After a feckless overtime, the two teams squared off for penalties, and Spanish keeper Iker Casillas made great stops on Daniele De Rossi and Antonio Di Natale to claim the victory. "To be honest I think we deserved it," noted Casillas. To be honest, Iker, we didn't deserve to have to watch this mess...
...wealth, is wrestling with high inflation and even higher rates of violent crime. Chavez suffered a rare but stinging defeat last year in a referendum on constitutional amendments that would have broadened his socialist agenda and eliminated presidential term limits. Now, he appears determined to prevent his once feckless opposition from dealing him another setback in state and local elections scheduled for November. Those races will set the tone for later parliamentary balloting, which could in turn decide whether Chavez has the palanca, or leverage, to set aside presidential term limits. (Under the current rules, he's scheduled to leave...
...that the country was a disaster area," he recalls. "Apparently I was risking my reputation by saying anything different." But not everyone responds to Iceland's plight with sympathy. Eileen Zhang, an Iceland expert at ratings agency Standard and Poor's, says cries of "Foul!" mask the country's feckless expansion: "Whether you call it an attack or you call it arbitrage, Iceland has put itself in this vulnerable position...