Word: snafus
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...that the $800 million Acela has finally arrived--after a series of engineering snafus, fights with Canadian manufacturer Bombardier and a premature ad campaign--Amtrak is confident that it can steal a large chunk of the airlines' shuttle business, adding close to 2 million passengers and $200 million annually to the bottom line. It needs the money. Even with a record 22.5 million customers, Amtrak lost $520 million last year...
...Bush ended what was a pretty good week last Saturday in his brother's state, visiting with seniors, Hispanics and loyal Republicans. Jeb and Jeb's son George P. Bush joined the governor for most of the trip. While Dubya's campaign has been dogged by three weeks of snafus and negative press, last week he got back on message, focusing on his Social Security plan and health care matters...
Indeed, unless these clinical trials run into unexpected snafus, a long and fierce debate may soon be resolved. As the Alzheimer Association's Thies puts it, "Either the beta-amyloid hypothesis is correct, in which case new therapies should come very quickly, or it isn't, in which case researchers at major laboratories will very quickly switch their efforts to more productive directions...
...cast and crew of Antonelli's seem up to the challenge of the swing-era musical: lighting and staging are solid (although there were some opening night snafus), the acting is believable if slow-paced, the onstage band (led by Jon Dinerstein '01) is enthusiastic and the singing is often enjoyable (especially from Kirschner, who's got the chanteuse thing down, when you can hear...