Word: flukes
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...average of European airlines, according to an audit carried out on behalf of Sabena pilots. When it reported a profit in 1998, the first in more than a decade, all of Belgium applauded. But behind the scenes, the true picture was far from pretty: the results were a fluke, buoyed by strong industry conditions and onetime earnings. In reality Sabena's finances were chronically weak even before the gigantic Airbus bills. Reutlinger left Sabena to take over Swissair's French airline operations in August 2000. Veteran Lufthansa executive Christoph Müller took over as Sabena CEO and immediately realized...
...Crimson’s defensive intensity would not let up, and short of one fluke goal by the Golden Bears, Harvard’s outstanding defense continually shut down every Cal scoring opportunity...
...advantage: unlike older antidepressants called tricyclics, Zoloft does not seem to cause irregular heartbeats. But the study, paid for by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, maker of Zoloft, included only 369 patients and so was too small to say for sure whether that apparent benefit was the result of a statistical fluke...
...Brother sound track. While the industry collapses, an American-roots album from a moderately successful film that received almost no commercial-radio play still lurks in the upper reaches of the Billboard Top 200, now 80 weeks after its release. "A lot of people think we're a fluke," says T Bone Burnett, the producer and creative force behind O Brother. "But I think we've identified a market...
...When you consider how young our team is, I never expected to be here today,” Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni said in the post-game press conference. “But we have come together and learned what it takes to win. It was no fluke...