Word: flop
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...although its petty scandals and pontificating members do nothing to help), the council is nothing more than a glorified dance committee. (And if the word on the street is a guidepost at all, that title may soon be retracted--the U.C. sponsored Gala Ball is being called a flop-in-the-making, an event bringing strapless dresses and the frigid outdoors together for the first time...
...Rockefeller Center may not be the biggest financial real estate loss for the Japanese," says New York bureau chief John Moody. "But it's certainly the most embarrassing flop yet." Today, Mitsubishi Estate Co. announced it is surrendering its almost $2 billion stake in the12-building Rockefeller Center, and, in the process, divesting the Rockefeller family -- which owns 20 percent of the center -- of its remaining ties to the landmark. Mitsubishi will transfer title to Rockefeller Center Properties Inc., the trust that holds the $1.3 billion mortgage. The Mitsubishi decision is the latest of several ill-fated high profile real...
...story to watch right now is Dole's positioning and demeanor. Earlier this year, in an attempt to win the backing of far-right activists, Dole abandoned some moderate views on such hot-button issues as gun control and affirmative action. His rivals screamed "flip-flop," but his lead held steady. Since then, with an eye on a general election campaign against Bill Clinton, Dole has stood where he's really always been--in the conservative mainstream...
NEWT GINGRICH He executes a clumsy flip-flop on Taiwan: welcome to the world, Mr. Speaker...
...next project. Dredd's warped mirror image is a renegade named Rico (Armand Assante), as dangerous to Dredd as the next action film on the release schedule. "Guilt and innocence--it's a matter of timing," Rico says. He could be describing the difference between summer hit and flop...