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...Flip-flop:" the Random House definition reads, "a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude or policy...
...perhaps the greatest flip-flop-flip-agains in political history, Texas billionaire Rose Perot re-entered the race for the presidency. As an undeclared candidate, Perot led in the polls consistently until his "grassroots" movements hit the brick wall...
...Greenwich, Jim Steinman -- who might have brought the American musical into the age of rock. Or maybe it wouldn't have mattered, given the stodgily conservative tastes of Broadway's geezer audience. The Rocky Horror Show lasted less than a month in 1975. And Chess was a 1988 Broadway flop, though Rice and the composers from the pop group ABBA wrote a spectacularly varied and vigorous score that included One Night in Bangkok, the last show tune to make...
HOUSTON--Massachusetts alternate John Harris remembers 1986 all too well. And it's not the Red Sox flop that makes him shudder...
Industry analysts had several explanations for the TripleCast flop. NBC and its cable partner had projected that 5% of the potential pay-per-view audience would sign up -- an unrealistically high buy rate achieved only by major boxing and wrestling events that cost much less and can be seen nowhere else. The $125 price tag was apparently too rich for viewers, especially since the live coverage airs mostly during working hours and is repeated on free TV in the evenings. Nor did NBC make an effort to lure viewers with more limited, less expensive packages geared for fans of specific...