Word: snafued
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that night's episode of Nightline to dishing the unchecked dirt from the Star, in the guise of debating the propriety of doing so. The rationale, as explained by anchor Ted Koppel: Clinton himself planned to confront the issue publicly, agreeing to do Nightline that evening before a travel snafu forced him to cancel his trip to Washington. "It was no longer simply a 'Supermarket tabloid has charged . . .' " said Koppel. "The Clinton campaign had already decided, and we knew that they had decided to address the issue head...
...Schedule Snafu...
...communications snafu between the Facilities Maintenance office and dorm crew has left former residents of Cabot and North Houses without much of their summer mail...
...Thornburgh's most recent snafu involved George Bush's declaration of a stepped-up war against savings and loan crooks. Just days later, Assistant Attorney General Edward Dennis Jr., a key player in the S&L prosecutions, quit. Dennis' bail-out was only the latest in a series of high-level shake-ups at Justice...
Funny things can happen to stories on their way to publication, as TIME's correspondents know all too well. Almost every one of our journalists has coped with a special roadblock or snafu that has turned an already challenging assignment into something that requires the patience of Job or the derring-do of Indiana Jones...