Word: fiascos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, it was the Phalangists, not the Israelis, who avenged in their particular way the murder of their leader. Yet neither President Amin Gemayel, not his Muslim allies or adversaries requested an investigation. They brushed aside this repugnant fiasco--there had been worse ones during the civil war--which attracted attention mostly because of the massive media presence in the area and to a lesser extent because of the passiveness of Israeli soldiers. So may be the fingers have been pointing in the wrong direction...
...Dense Pack fiasco astonished congressional observers. The big question: How could anyone high in the White House have expected to conceal such a significant split among the Joint Chiefs from key defense legislators, who are often social as well as professional associates of the top generals...
...other issue in the Brooks fiasco--the questions raised by death by injection--itself will surely prove the starting point for a long debate. One problem is that the method has simply not been adequately tested. Thought to be quick and painless, the injection technique could also cause a bloodbath. As one doctor explained: "Sometimes it's tough as hell to find a vein. If you miss, the pain can be excruciating. And besides, even if you do get the vein, no one is really sure the convict doesn't suffer for a few minutes while the drug is being...
Argentina's military President, Retired General Reynaldo Bignone, appointed in the wake of the Falklands fiasco, reiterated that the promised return to democracy would take place on schedule. But many Argentine civilian leaders suspected that there was a dangerous alternative: if civilians were relentless in seeking the truth on some painful topics, the military would renege on its pledge to return to the barracks. Said a government official in Buenos Aires: "The military realize they have been discredited and want to go, but there's always the problem of the desaparecidos and the war. They must provide some...
Ironically, Brezhnev's most conspicuous failure was in agriculture, where he tried hardest. In spite of an outsize 33% share of total Soviet investment-far higher than the figure for any other industrial country-agriculture has become such a fiasco that the embarrassed Soviets have ceased publishing figures on grain production. During Brezhnev's final years of rule, the country was bedeviled by acute shortages of meat, butter and cheese. Of course, Brezhnev cannot be blamed for the Soviet Union's periodic bouts of bad weather. But other problems plaguing the country's farms proved endemic...