Word: snafuing
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...Most of all, the tourists left impressed with the co-hosts' organization and sense of collective volunteerism. Despite a ticketing snafu that left some stadiums half-empty, fans with tickets found themselves embraced by communities that yearned to make their stay ever more comfortable. Blue-haired ladies who learned English soon after World War II were wheeled out to meet groggy football supporters at the airport. Train conductors helped Mexicans stow their oversized sombreros, and stadium attendants showed visitors how to use their cell phones to access the Internet. "Not once did I feel lost," says Juan Pablo Mollina...
...Winners EMINEM Vulgar rap artist's album debuts at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts despite marketing snafu. Word-of-mouth works if the language is foul enough LING ZHUO First-ever Miss China named second runner-up in Miss Universe pageant, then attacks Miss Taiwan for claiming to be an "independent woman" KIM DAE JUNG, JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Beleaguered leaders of Korea and Japan hold hands during World Cup ceremonies. Crowd loves it. Candlelight dinner is scheduled Losers LANCE BASS Russians say they're not sure 'N Syncer is fit to be next space tourist. Music world disagrees...
...gang of animator-anarchists at Termite Terrace, as the Warner Bros. cartoonists called their dilapidated digs. He directed his first short, The Night Watchman, in 1938. But it took a wartime assignment to bring out the comic fatalist in Jones. With Theodor (Dr. Seuss) Geisel, he hatched the Private Snafu shorts--irreverent sketches of an Army recruit whose laziness and general bad attitude forever threaten to hand victory to Hitler and Tojo. By war's end, Jones was infusing the brisk sauciness of these cartoons into his civilian work...
...will receive a laptop to complement the printed version of “The Unofficial Guide.” “It’s tough economic times,” Clay laughs. And an intense project such as this is sure to encounter other obstacles. A recent snafu classifying erotica shops in the same category as eye doctors and eyewear has been resolved, much to the relief of conservative optometrists around Cambridge...
...communications intercept capabilities in order to show exactly why the secrets Hanssen sold were so damaging to U.S. security. They'll now roll up their sleeves and try and get Hanssen to do what a good spy never does - come clean - while greatly reducing the risk of another embarrassing snafu...