Word: fiascos
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...since the midi-length fiasco nearly 20 years ago has there been such miscalculation by designers and manufacturers. Perhaps they were bored, spoiling for a chance to make a dramatic statement. Perhaps they misread the trend over the past two or three years to raise hemlines slightly, to somewhere around the knee...
...postage for the South African Solidarity Committee AND the revelation by the Finance Committee of new information about apparent increased funds available to HCOJ, Council member Andreas Beroutsos moved to reopen debate on the HCOJ grant to allow further financial explanations by their representative. Mandery began the ensuing fiasco by first asserting numerous times to questioning Council members that passage of the motion required a two-thirds majority, only to be corrected later that a simple majority was needed...
...radio evangelists, 1987 seemed like the Fall and the Flood combined. The PTL fiasco and other scandals produced unseemly bickering, a plague of embarrassing behavior, threats of government intervention and -- most grievous of all -- a disastrous drop in financial contributions. Clearly the preachers had to act to restore confidence or face perpetual chaos. Last week in Washington, the broadcasters did just that. Overcoming deep-seated traditions of independence and secrecy, they agreed to regulate themselves and monitor one another's business practices...
...been brusque, even downright rude, but just what had George Bush stood up for anyway? That he has the right not to be dogged by questions he claims already to have answered? That he should be judged by more than just his murky behavior during the Iran-contra fiasco? Yes, but what had he been doing all that time? In rebutting Rather, Bush was not delivering a message, but beating up the messenger...
...hopes to pick up some new viewers in the aftermath of the Dan Rather/George Bush fiasco on the usually top-rated CBS Evening News. So the network aired commercials touting the credibility of its news department, with paeans to Peter Jennings every half-hour. And Peter Jennings made a rare Sunday appearance with a special news report during the pre-game show...