Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...problem with simply discarding hope for an on-the-ground insurgency is that the in-the-air war is expensive and, top commanders will sometimes admit, ineffective. Almost every day at Incirlik is Groundhog Day, as in Bill Murray's 1993 film. "You wake up, you come in, you get ready to launch the aircraft, you launch the aircraft, they come back, you recover them, you go home," says Staff Sergeant George Palo, who maintains aircraft fuel systems. "We don't have a lot of calendars around here, because the only day that counts...
Much of the war against Saddam has faded to the level of indistinct chatter, where it is hard to sort signal from noise. The problem is bad on the military front, but it is even worse among the Iraqi insurgents, who have to be coached, caressed and cajoled by the State Department. Last weekend 300 delegates from various Iraqi opposition groups gathered in New York City, where U.S. officials hoped they would finally lay aside their feuds and present a unified front. That didn't happen. The major group representing Iraq's southern Shi'ites, the Iran-backed Supreme Council...
...problem is the rescues. If Baywatch would just stick to the slow-motion running and random bikini contests and bring the thonged extras into the foreground, guys wouldn't need other television shows. Yet Baywatch insists, week after week, on these tedious lifesaving rescue missions. Let the fools drown, people. Prioritize...
...other hand, the problem appears to be a onetime event--a key part didn't get delivered in time, or demand outstripped supply--buy more. Apple Computer lost about 15 quick points when it preannounced that it couldn't meet consumer demand for its hot new computers. That was a classic buying opportunity created by Apple's components suppliers, who let the company down. When the parts reappeared, so did the Street...
...sure whether the issue is a supply problem or just sloppy execution? Wait a month, if not a quarter. Silence in this case is golden, because most companies would not take the extreme measure of announcing a shortfall if they had any hope, near term, that there could be a turn in fortunes. In other words, as bleak as things are, these companies usually take this extraordinary step because they believe things are even darker in the near term, and they don't want to mislead...