Word: fiascos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time of the Iran fiasco, the free world was making gains in the war against terrorism. That war was declared globally and carried to the enemy almost exclusively by Reagan. The President struck back against fanatics who murdered the innocent. He pressured other countries to pursue suspected terrorists. Whether or not his heartfelt if foolish effort to trade arms for hostages, and with Iran, of all nations, will now encourage even more ( terrorism remains to be seen, but the betting is that the global village has come to understand that no society that seeks respect can support or tolerate...
...unfortunately, I'm a little confused. I'm not sure who to blame for the fiasco that is Angel Heart. Should I sue TriStar for false advertising, or Alan Parker for the waste and abuse of directorial talent? For Angel Heart is not the movie TriStar wants it to be--a sexually charged murder mystery centered around the disrobing of Cosby Show sibling Lisa Bonet. Mr. Parker is shooting for something greater, more profound--an intellectually and sexually charged murder mystery centered around the devil, featuring the disrobing of Ms. Bonet. I've been...
...solution, then, to the annual housing fiasco is a completely random lottery. Let freshmen choose with whom they wish to live, but end the complexity there and leave the rest to fate and the University Hall computer...
...Administration did not, Malisani, play into the hands of the Conservative club by barring the public from the speech. Rather, the Administration should be commended for preventing another ridiculous tomato throwing fiasco. Time and again Harvard audiences have displayed intolerant immaturity for all to see. We have proven that we still need babysitters--somehow some of us never left junior high school...
Once again, Reagan's advisers deserve the principle blame for this public relations fiasco. Those advisers not directly involved in the scandal were too spineless or misguided to recommend these drastic but necessary measures to the President. And those advisers actually involved in the arms deal used Reagan's reluctance to fire an employee to their advantage...