Word: fiascoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last night's swims and dives offer any indication of the state of the women's swimming team, it's clear that the Crimson has overcome the Brown fiasco...
...interview early in William Gazecki's documentary on the fiasco in Waco, a Branch Davidian makes one desperate plea: "I hope that nobody jumps to conclusions." Waco: The Rules of Engagement means to fulfill this wish...
...Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu too the episode was a multiple fiasco. The Mossad operation failed. It jeopardized relations with Jordan. It strained ties with the U.S. Late last week Canada recalled its ambassador to Israel to protest the use of faked passports. And once again Netanyahu had fallen short of his pledge to provide Israelis with an answer to Hamas terrorism...
...come in handy in tight spots. Ronald Reagan's undoubted insouciance helped him escape blame for the unconventional accounting practices of Oliver North. John F. Kennedy's sense of ironic detachment--common to rich kids since the time of Prince Hal--allowed him to slip out from under the fiasco of the Bay of Pigs. And Franklin Roosevelt's inborn aristocratic bearing led his public to assume during the Depression that he knew what he was doing, even when he didn't, which was often...
Israelis were shocked by the fiasco only a day after the latest bombings in Jerusalem. Comparing the two events, the Chief of Staff, Lieut. General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, reminded citizens that "battles are not tragedies. They are battles." Still, once the dead have been given their due, the calamity will serve as a powerful argument for Israelis who assert it is time to leave Lebanon. The Netanyahu administration says it will do just that if the government in Beirut will disband the militias and take responsibility for the security zone. Increasingly, Israelis are saying they cannot wait...