Word: fiascoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there would be none of the hoopla that marked last fall's inoculation effort. Nor would anyone beyond the elderly and the chronically ill be encouraged to get the mixed shots against A/Victoria. Finally, in what seemed a move to disassociate the new Administration from the whole swine flu fiasco, Califano asked for the resignation of the respected veteran director of Atlanta's Center for Disease Control, Dr. David Sencer, who was a principal proponent and administrator of the swine flu program...
...policy makers. As in the Vietnam days, there has been an unwillingness to listen to outside opinions; a pattern of decisionmaking by a small group; an intolerance of dissenting views, both within and outside the government; and an inability to reevaluate policy as circumstances changed. Although the swine flu fiasco at times seemed laughable, amateurish, the reasons for its failure are serious, and bode ill for future endeavors...
...SWINE FLU fiasco has seriously affected immunization programs for other diseases. This year reported measles cases have been 64 per cent higher than in 1975, and next year the statistic undoubtedly will increase. The diversion of resources to the flu program, and the bad publicity justifiably associated with it, are at least partly to blame...
...REAL LOSERS in the fiasco are the staffers of The Voice and New York. Although it may be more a reflection on the sorry state of American magazine writing than on the two magazines' brilliance, New York provided an outlet for talented writers like Richard Reeves. The Voice, besides press critic Cockburn, probably the best of his ilk since A. J. Liebling, printed Nat Hentoff, Ken Auletta, and Robert Christgau, probably the best pop music critic around. Andrew Sarris is arguably the best film critic in America. And "The Greasy Pole," a political column co-written by Cockburn and James...
Jimmy Carter's CIA appointment was perhaps his most surprising to date. Theodore C. (for Chaikin) Sorensen, 48, who was once President John Kennedy's top aide, has had virtually no experience in intelligence work or administration. After the 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco, he harshly criticized the CIA for misleading the White House about the chances of the Cuban invasion-though he had gone along with the plan beforehand. The most plausible explanation for the appointment is that Sorensen came highly recommended, campaigned hard for the President-elect and will, by his very inexperience in the area...