If the Conservatives' latest policy of a cut in national insurance was meant to give him a debating advantage against Vince Cable and Alistair Darling, the plan backfired in spectacular fashion.
The Roma goalkeeper Mauro Goicoechea helped to seal Zeman's fate with his spectacular mishandling of a Danilo Avelar cross.
So that the Nazis would not hold their real working group responsible, Piechowski and Bendera formed a fake group of four, recruiting another boy scout, Stanislaw Gustaw Jaster, and priest Józef Lempart for their "spectacular escape".
More recently, the company was forced to jettison its relationship with Lance Armstrong following the cyclist's spectacular fall from grace.
The worldwide growth of Imax and the occasional spectacular success of 3D bolsters the case, even if the distribution landscape is shifting and film-makers find themselves with an increasing array of distribution methods.
While the views, over the lagoon and on to the beaches and mountains beyond, were spectacular, the food was not.
Calle Argantonio 3, +34 956 211640, hotelargantonio.es, doubles from €85 Hotel La Casa del Califa, Vejer Hope for rain and curl up in an armchair with a book, linger over lunch in the atmospheric restaurant, watch clouds scudding over the pile of white blocks, domes and church towers that make up this spectacular town.
The exhibition catalogue and captions will say it is "by Leonardo da Vinci" – which is about the most spectacular claim you can make for any old painting.
Sønderburg continues to burn, because you wouldn't spend all that time and money on such spectacular special effects only to show them once.
35 avenue George V, Etretat, +33 2 3528 8497, etretat-hotel-angleterre.com, doubles from €69 The vast bay where the Somme river comes out into the sea is one of France's most bewitching wetlands, and overlooking this sandy horizon is the spectacular Tourelles hotel.
Located on the upper floors of the Time Place Tower, in the heart of Dubai Marina, one of the best things about this apartment is its spectacular cityscape views.
