Word: fiascoes
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...recall the 2001 fiasco, where a Conference USA game between TCU and Southern Miss. gave Nebraska enough of an edge in its strength of schedule to pass Colorado by .05 points for the right to be Miami’s whipping boy in the Rose Bowl, despite the fact that the Buffaloes thumped the Huskers 62-36 to end Nebraska’s regular season...
...games at Bemidji State, then went 0-1-1 against perennial power Colorado College last weekend. Clarkson, like St. Lawrence, is a very young team and has the additional freshness of a new coach working hard to erase the bad memories of last year’s Mark Morris fiasco. It’s never been a question of talent with this team, especially with a typically deep group of forwards, so if Roll can get the maximum out of this team, it could surprise. The key will be on defense, as six freshmen or sophomores have skated...
Diplomats and observers in Ankara allocate responsibility for the fiasco in many ways: some blame inexperienced A.K. ministers who overplayed their hand with the U.S., while others point the finger at Wolfowitz, who, say his critics, never understood that with the election of the A.K., military and secular leaders with strong ties to the U.S. no longer monopolized power. Says Emin Sirin, an A.K. parliamentary deputy and Istanbul businessman: "The Americans thought that if you talk to two or three people, you have Turkey in your hands. The whole system has changed, and they didn't appreciate that...
...story clips along as the kidnappers scramble to salvage their plan, but the breathless blow-by-blow narration leaves little room for the main characters to evolve beyond textbook-case stupid Americans. By the time the mobsters close in, we're rooting for a speedy end to the fiasco. In that, at least, the novel delivers...
...energy industry of the future, but he thinks it will always be a minority player. "It may be 20% of the supply in maybe the next 20 years," he says, "but it's not going to replace what we have." That may be so. But after the fiasco of last week, plenty of consumers would be happy to see the whole system replaced--or at least dramatically improved. --By Jeffrey Kluger. Reported by David Bjerklie and Mitch Frank/New York, Rita Healy/Denver and Laura A. Locke/San Francisco