There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco.. A fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
disaster failure
The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters.
Out of near disaster, came real progress.
progress disaster
But I warn my colleagues that we will fail in our efforts to protect the homeland if we do not take additional steps to avoid a trade-off between protecting ourselves against terrorists attacks and preparing for and responding to natural disasters.
effort disaster
I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster.
One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.
disaster nations unitednations
This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.
disaster nations
This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.
force disaster
I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters.
disaster style
Let me say it again. I don't believe in black majority rule ever in Rhodesia, not in a thousand years. I repeat that I believe in blacks and whites working together. If one day it is white and the next day it is black, I believe we have failed and it will be a disaster for Rhodesia.
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If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves.
environment disaster
The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared.
weapon disaster race
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
revolution disaster race
Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didn't find them.
disaster intelligence
I welcome a discussion on a long-term, pro-active approach to disaster relief for Americans. Until Congress arrives at a conclusion, however, we must continue to honor America's honorable tradition of helping Americans recover for natural catastrophes.
honor disaster tradition
Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the voters that crime is falling: let them stay scared senseless.
disaster crime example
There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
poverty disaster
Birth, n. The first and direst of all disasters.
birth disaster
We have no leadership, no captain at the helm as it were. We are, in effect, being led from disaster to disaster by a headless horseman run amok with stuffed pockets and an empty conscience.
leadership management disaster conscience
While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters.
disaster results
AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.
disaster challenge
Turning the Internet over to the U.N. Or some other phony international organization would be a disaster, and I am not willing to stand by and let it happen.
disaster organization organizations
I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster.
disaster organization organizations humanitarian
I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.
disaster weakness
It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover.
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