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debacle
1. We’ve still got an investigation pending into the Meadery debacle
2. We watched but no more waves or reserves emerged from our trench lines the horror of the debacle that had just happened must still have been sinking in to those still in the trenches
3. Shafter favoured a firing squad to end this sorry debacle, but wiser heads, of which there were plenty, prevailed and order was soon restored
4. “We don’t want the papers sensationalizing this debacle
5. * See the First Book, the surrender of Tobruk in 1942 by a South African Army general was a major debacle and send shockwaves throughout the Empire
6. Something which the United Nations officials first refused but unfortunately for them Mrs Margaret Thatcher had learned a few lessons from the Rhodesian debacle ten years earlier
7. An uneasy silence fell across the chamber as Rooten's question brought back memories of the terrible debacle that Thesa and his fighters had suffered
8. Nevertheless, the Democrat debacle in this election remains very clear and that dilapidated Democrat party has already started to heal its wounds in preparation for the 2008 elections
9. So, the 2000 Florida chad debacle notwithstanding, the benefits of voting would in almost all cases be smaller than the costs…I think people only vote to legitimize their complaining later on!” Charles chuckled, “But, yes, since the voter can be more potent, have a real say in what will happen after the winner takes office, I think voter turnout would be likely to jump pretty dramatically
10. “knew in advance” of the debacle that was so swiftly coming upon
11. banking debacle and economic crisis have caused millions of families
12. I can’t say I was looking forward to seeing him again since my recent debacle in Anahuac
13. After that debacle, there seemed to be a general mass flight southward away from us, so we were ordered to ride ahead and surround as many of the refugees as we could and hold them
14. Of course, I was convinced that there was more to this debacle than any Maya death wish, but I had finally learned to keep such opinions to myself
15. I expected him to be full of anger and recriminations over the ignominious debacle, but instead found him full of good cheer, urging on the men, and chatting pleasantly with me
16. debacle when Kim Campbell took the fall, and lost the election she was
17. The final question covering the debacle is should the election
18. She wanted to shift responsibility for this debacle from herself to her subordinate, Mr
19. Turning his head he glanced at Amori, she had not spoken since the whole debacle in the Sacrosanct had started
20. That ‘testing’ of his belief system actually came later in the seventy-year Soviet Union debacle but not soon enough to expose to Marx the error of his conclusions
21. It was fresh and sweet smelling again after successive tides had washed away the last of the debris from yesterday’s debacle
22. It was time to put an end to this debacle before the combination of anxiety and irritation got the best of him
23. I suggest you allow this whole debacle to go through the legal system
24. Joseph moved into the bedroom next door and sat on the bed and reflected on his mothers words a few weeks before this debacle that they now called a marriage
25. It had been a safe refuge after the debacle of South Africa but three years in the searing heat of Queensland was more than enough
26. Condron stood by Turners side and watched the debacle and agreed with his colleague, they had so much to do and so little time to do it in
27. As if the standardized tests in reading and math weren’t enough of a debacle, the St
28. His worst debacle, likely the one that led to
29. I’m sure you have heard of the involvements with the Enron debacle as well as others that are just being uncovered
30. The Debacle of Truth
31. He wouldn’t have had to worry about doing this if he hadn’t begun that debacle
32. I was wanted by the police for my Rollins Museum debacle
33. Apparently those in Washington forgot all about that debacle
34. over me? But the debacle, I realized, had a good side: I could now relate
35. It was a perplexing issue, a debacle that he had not been adequately prepared to address given his strong convictions regarding the preacher’s involvement after learning of his daughter, the young nurse in France who had been tainted by Terence
36. Turner nodded in understanding, thinking about the shameful debacle started in August by the premature withdrawal by Vice Admiral Fletcher of his carrier group
37. � Today�s German debacle in the air, of which he had been told plenty already by many drunk pilots, was pushing everybody into celebrating and cheering up, which was very good for his business
38. � Be assured that your President will hear about this lamentable security debacle
39. Now, she was asked to go get prisoners while commanding a female unit under direct ground attack, and this after being tasked to plug a hole in the frontlines caused by the debacle of a male infantry unit
40. That humiliating defeat for the United States, the first war ever to be officially lost by the country in its history, had triggered a national wave of anger and fury that had been mostly directed at President Truman, seen rightfully as the one most responsible for this debacle
41. ‘’First, I will keep the present cabinet relatively intact, except for those who had a direct responsibility for our debacle in Korea
42. I have a hard time believing that the Chinese government would pull such a stunt, especially after their South China Sea debacle of over two years ago
43. The revisionists hold President Roosevelt personally responsible for the debacle at Pearl Harbour and accuse him of using the incident as a means of getting the United States into the war
44. Given the intense scrutiny under which public officials had been placed after last year’s debacle, there could be no doubt that the travel expenses had been legitimate—unless Spalding had been very careless and perhaps a trifle arrogant or stupid
45. credit debacle in 2007
46. appreciation - the same debacle that hit many NASDAQ stocks in the late 1990s
47. Sue always had a bag packed for such an occasion and when she retired to her room for a private moment it was a good opportunity for the two men to thrash out finer points of the whole Clegg debacle
48. shaping government regulation is solely responsible for the debacle of outrageous drug prices and healthcare in general
49. The details of the Terran debacle around Mars had shaken him badly and he tended to agree with Wa, and with Tina Forster, that winning this war was becoming more and more problematic
50. The ISF, even after the Mars debacle, still counts over three million soldiers, soldiers who are more loyal to Khan than to the council