Word: fiascoes
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...installations in Cuba, they would "take some action -like activating the missiles -and force him to attack." The request seemed reasonable. The previous year, however, the Times had quashed its story in advance of the Bay of Pigs invasion. Publication in that case might have avoided an epic U.S. fiasco. In the missile situation, therefore, the Times made a counter-request. As Frankel tells it: "Will the President give his word that he will shed no blood and start no war during the period of our silence? The Commander-in-Chief perceives no affront in this arrogant demand from...
...fashion world thrives on small controversies; last week's was over skirt length. To some retailers, some of the BigSkirts looked like a secondhand midi of a few seasons back. That calf-length style was a fiasco. Said Sara Monteil, a buyer for Continental Purchasing Co.: "American buyers remember the midi just like the Alamo and they aren't going to repeat old mistakes." Griped Norman Wechsler of Saks Fifth Avenue to Women's Wear Daily: "The last time we had the long lengths, even the stock market went down." Bob Sakowitz, executive vice pres ident...
...spark ignites. The CCA won one and lost one last season. But in succeeding to replace former School Superintendent Frank Frisoli '35 with the highly-touted Alflorence Cheatham of Chicago, it aroused the ire of half of Cambridge -- a Pyrrhic political victory at best. In losing the City Manager fiasco, the CCA also lost its majority on the City Council. Councillor Henry F. Owens III, a black attorney and millionaire heir of a moving company, broke with his fellow CCA councillors over the selection of a replacement for two-year incumbent manager John Corcoran, a soft-spoken...
...dress manufacturers of Seventh Avenue think that shirtwaist dresses are the answer, they are crazy. This style is frumpy. It is blatantly obvious that since the midi fiasco most of Seventh Avenue is grabbing at anything, hoping something will work...
...depth and consistency of this year's Crimson golf team promises that it will avert fiasco--whether it's raining...