Word: fiascoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those who slog through the entire novel will find it difficult to tell whether Yglesias wants to portray his Dr. Neruda as hero, fool or, when he investigates the circumstances leading to Gene's fiasco, charlatan. With first-person narration, it is left to the reader to make that judgment. But what to make of a man who tells his lover, "Diane, if you review what you just said carefully, I really believe you'll see a contradiction." This is a man to track down evil...
...baaaack. After three jokey films (Last Action Hero, Junior, True Lies) that defiled the great stone totem that is Schwarzenegger, Eraser is a return to basics. The film, which had a troubled history and a humongous reported price tag of $120 million, could have been a fiasco; instead, it smartly remythologizes this indispensable Hollywood icon...
...after he was dismissed over a problem in his FBI background report." Marceca read allegations against him given to the FBI by two women, whom he later sued for slander. Marceca's plea comes as a further embarrassment to a Clinton Administration trying to quietly put the whole files fiasco to rest. "This is the first indication that the FBI files were misused," says Carney. "There may not be a sinister motive, but gross incompetence is not something to dismiss." Carney reports that Senator Arlen Specter may look into the option of granting Marceca immunity for additional testimony. But Carney...
...forced to spend $150 billion to bail out hundreds of thrifts that had made bad loans, largely for bad real estate? Japan, famous for its ability to copy and enlarge upon invention, has an S&L-like banking scandal of even greater proportion--perhaps a trillion dollars' worth. The fiasco is so large it could even disrupt Wall Street, which relies heavily on Japanese money...
...temptation to implement stricter regulations on student group finances is great, especially in the wake of embezzlements that have occurred in the past few years. In the fiasco involving the Eliot House ice skating benefit An Evening with Champions, Charles K. Lee '93 and David G. Sword '93 confessed to taking $127,000 from the gala's accounts. In addition, the Krokodiloes general manager resigned after it was discovered he took $3,000 from the group...