Word: fiascoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...L.D.P. fiasco has stirred speculation that Kaifu's days may be numbered -- or at the very least that his chances of re-election next October are doomed. "Without Ozawa in one of the party top posts, Kaifu could be a lame- duck Prime Minister," observed a Japanese politician. Others speculate that Ozawa's sudden downfall might trigger the comeback of former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, still considered one of the most powerful politicians in Japan despite his resignation two years ago over an influence- peddling scandal...
Secondly, we are disturbed by Bush's propensity to surround himself with yes-men. Since August, the president has relied almost exclusively on the advice of four like-minded officials: James Baker, Brent Scowcroft, Colin Powell and Dick Cheney. President Kennedy conducted the Bay of Pigs Fiasco in a similar manner. He then sought a wide range of advice during the Cuban Missile Crisis. That's one reason there wasn't a Cuban Missile Fiasco. Even if you eventually reject your opposition's dissenting views, it doesn't hurt to hear them...
...activities since the Great Depression. Under his proposed reforms, banking companies could easily expand across state lines and become financial supermarkets that offer everything from stocks and bonds to life insurance. Treasury said the plan would also seek to shield taxpayers from any replay of the savings and loan fiasco. "If we expect to exert world economic leadership in the 21st century," Brady said, "we must have a modern, world-class financial-services system...
Back when the fiasco began, last November, first-year Coach Ronn Tomassoni had the lofty hope of winning the ECAC championship. A return-trip to St. Paul, Minn. for the NCAA Championships was at the back of the young coach's mind...
Some studios, like Warner, will now avoid "overpackaged" films that are chock-full of stars. Case in point: Warner's The Bonfire of the Vanities, the $35 million fiasco starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith. Other studios, notably Universal Pictures, are stressing "back-end" deals, in which such stars as Arnold Schwarzenegger (Kindergarten Cop) and Tom Cruise (Born on the Fourth of July) receive a cut of ticket sales as opposed to a hefty up-front salary. "If we don't control costs, we won't have much of an industry left," warns Thomas Pollock, head of Universal...