Word: snafus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...camera that would, like modern video equipment, replace the chemical film of still photography with new forms of image making. In 1981 Japan's Sony Corp. announced a breakthrough with the Mavica, which looked like a conventional 35-mm camera but stored pictures on miniaturized computer floppy disks. Technical snafus, however, kept the product from coming to market...
...second half went better, a succession ofstrong numbers culminating in Copaken'shypercharged "Too Turned On," which garnered anovation from the audience. But the thread of thestory started to unwind as the cast tried to coverfor a series of lighting snafus, malfunctioningmikes and absent slides that clarify the meaningof the lyrics...
...Snafus in the field are exacerbated by overlays of bureaucracy, charged Goldwater. When the Marines landed in Beirut in 1982, their orders sifted through no fewer than eight levels of command. The Marines' failure to dig in properly against terrorist attack--at the cost of 241 lives--was attributed partly to signals lost or mixed up in the endless command chain. Bureaucracies inevitably breed officers who have little better to do than trip over one another. The U.S. fought World War II with 101 three-star generals and admirals; now there are 118. Observed Nunn: "It takes more admirals...
...looking for additional capital. Convergent Technologies has also stumbled over its portable. The Santa Clara firm introduced its lap-size WorkSlate a year ago to enthusiastic reviews. But the company could not make enough of these computers to satisfy the initial demand, and then ran into production snafus. After losing $6.5 million in the second quarter, it announced that it would stop making the WorkSlate and concentrate on its original line of products: desktop office computers...
...energy independence and national security. For developing countries, the sight of a mammoth reactor going up can also be a sign of industrial maturity and a source of national pride. To be sure, nuclear power faces the same obstacles abroad that it does in the U.S.: surging costs, construction snafus, protests from environmental groups, public jitters about safety, and problems with waste disposal. Moreover, the world economy is only beginning to recover from a recession that slashed demand for electricity and thus reduced the immediate need for atomic power. As a result, many countries have postponed nuclear projects or stretched...