Word: snafus
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...team. Their air force is destroyed, they have few heavy weapons, and, says Ali Ahmad Jalali, a former colonel in the Afghan army, they are so undisciplined that in past battles, "they have rushed to the front line to share the glory and spoils." The U.S. Army would exploit snafus like that in a flash...
...vacation in the RV. When Joyce Hall, a Manhattan singing teacher and grandmother ("in my 60s"), travels independently, she takes one grandchild at a time. Planning her trips to mesh with the child's interests, she goes to cities and stays at hotels she's familiar with--to minimize snafus and unpleasant surprises...
...SNAFUS It's well known that auto air bags can kill children under age 13 who are riding in the passenger seat. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says about half of parents with pickup trucks, the vehicles that have air-bag cutoff switches, still don't use the switches as intended--to shut off the air bags and thus protect front-seat kids. Citing the "widespread misuse" of the switches, NHTSA recommended automakers develop air bags that can turn off automatically when a child is riding up front...
Among the snafus that have upset Cambridge Mayor Anthony D. Galluccio was the major gift to Boston, which he said took him by surprise...
...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...