Pursuing imperial vigour and electoral advantage in Africa and the Levant, French leaders and intellectuals such as Bernard-Henri Lévy have only demonstrated, through their fiascos, the urgency of finding a more modest place for themselves in the world.
When a feasibility study commissioned by the downtown redevelopment group headed by Mr. Rockefeller predicted that the trade center would be a financial fiasco, the findings were conveniently suppressed.
"The Producers" was a veritable fiasco, and I am perhaps in a minority in finding that the sizzle of "Chicago" mostly fizzled on film.
This latest fiasco, which Benitez did not bother to discuss with reporters, should be enough of a reason for General Manager Steve Phillips to consider finding a different closer.
The deal was a major step towards finding ways to monetize its 18 million users; it also goes some of the way in resolving the ongoing copyright fiasco the company has been embroiled in.
But as McCain's embarrassing foreign fact-finding fiascos make clear: having acted heroically in a foreign war does not magically translate into foreign policy expertise and judgment.
The bank commissioned an independent review into the fiasco and will publish its findings, Hester said.
After the 1998 fiasco, Clinton secretly approved additional Presidential findings, authorizing the killing not just of bin Laden but also of several of his top lieutenants, and permitting any private planes or helicopters carrying them to be shot down.
