How Bloomberg Bungled a Debate That He Had Been Prepped For
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER, ALEXANDER BURNS and JEREMY W. PETERS
Michael Bloomberg’s campaign advisers had anticipated tough debate questions on stop-and-frisk and nondisclosure agreements. The former mayor’s performance left his team rattled.
With 737 Max, Boeing Wants to Win Back Trust. Many Are Skeptical.
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER, ALEXANDER BURNS and JEREMY W. PETERS
Michael Bloomberg’s campaign advisers had anticipated tough debate questions on stop-and-frisk and nondisclosure agreements. The former mayor’s performance left his team rattled.
With 737 Max, Boeing Wants to Win Back Trust. Many Are Skeptical.
By NATALIE KITROEFF and DAVID GELLES
Airlines and pilots have been frustrated with the company’s handling of the crisis, including a bungled response to the two crashes.
Previously, many patients needing transfusions had to present proof that their friends and family had donated blood. A change of rules has meant a huge shortage
Airlines and pilots have been frustrated with the company’s handling of the crisis, including a bungled response to the two crashes.
Yes, that's £100m in bungled pension payments.
Yes, that's £100m in bungled pension payments.
Some Americans voted for Trump because they thought him a "tough businessman" who'd impose discipline on government. The truth is just the opposite. His White House is a total mess.
"Tarzan’s a dude who lives in a treehouse and talks to apes. He lives in Africa and has no black friends... To borrow a term I use very, very rarely, Tarzan is not 'woke.' He’s easily the least woke fictional character other than C. Thomas Howell in the movie Soul Man. I don’t care if you put the entire cast of Empire in Tarzan. I’m not interested."
"Tarzan’s a dude who lives in a treehouse and talks to apes. He lives in Africa and has no black friends... To borrow a term I use very, very rarely, Tarzan is not 'woke.' He’s easily the least woke fictional character other than C. Thomas Howell in the movie Soul Man. I don’t care if you put the entire cast of Empire in Tarzan. I’m not interested."
"The tragic lead poisoning of the Flint water supply in Michigan is a study in bureaucratic bungling, racial inequity, and national media inattention. But the fallout from the crisis has obscured another lesson: There are consequences when those in power are able to simply circumvent the public will," writes ProPublica.
It Was Botched Art Restoration, Not Vandalism
By RAPHAEL MINDER
A century-old fresco depicting Jesus has been disfigured after an
elderly parishioner took it upon herself to restore the artwork.
Facebook executives have decided to keep the company's stock listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, despite lingering frustration with the exchange's bungling of its widely anticipated initial public offering.
House Panel Recommends Contempt Case Against Holder
By CHARLIE SAVAGE and JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr. 5:39 PM ET
Republicans on a House committee backed holding Attorney General Eric H.
Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress in a dispute over documents tied to a
botched gun trafficking operation.
Facebook Shares Sink on Day Two
Shares
in Facebook plunged on their second day on the stock market, leaving
some investors who bought in the social network's public offering in the
red and raising questions about whether the company and its lead
banker, Morgan Stanley, botched the deal.
Nasdaq Confronts Liability on Traders' Losses
MARKETS Nasdaq's Facebook Problem
Nasdaq
OMX Group is facing demands from irate brokers and traders that want
the exchange group to make up losses driven by its mishandling of
Friday's initial public offering of Facebook.
MARKETS Nasdaq's Facebook Problem
The Nasdaq Stock Market said it bungled Facebook's IPO, acknowledging that tech problems affected trading in millions of shares.
Architects complain that they are asked to behave more like mental health professionals than designers, clients complain that their architects and their mates do not understand them, and the stories of couples coming asunder, or of clients suing their architects, are legion. There are no hard numbers on exactly how many unions, either professional or marital, come to grief or end up in litigation as a result of bungled attempts at homemaking, but there is enough anecdotal evidence to suggest a lot of broken hearts.
But her friend counsels that Richie is a good man, revealing of her own husband, “Ernst could be so merciless. Richie softened him.” Encouraged by memories of happier times, Devon does resolve to try again, returning home, only for Richie’s bungled apology to reveal that he’s so out of it he thinks he’s been hanging out with Ernst. With Devon furtively taking the kids and fleeing, Richie is schooled in what rock bottom feels like, and the sting comes via flashback. Ernst was killed in a car accident in Coney Island with a wasted Richie at the wheel. No wonder all the talk of hot dogs was playing on his mind.
bungle
VERB[ WITH OBJECT]
NOUN
Origin
Mid 16th century: of unknown origin; compare with bumble.
bungle
verb [T]
to do something wrong, in a careless or stupid way
bungled
adjective
a bungled robbery
By RAYMOND BONNER, JANE PERLEZ and ERIC SCHMITT
The bungled attacks in London and Glasgow six months ago would be the first attacks that the group has been involved in outside of the Middle East.
bungler
noun [C]
He's an incompetent bungler.
bungling
adjective
What bungling idiot wired up the plug like this!
The bungled attacks in London and Glasgow six months ago would be the first attacks that the group has been involved in outside of the Middle East.
- 発音記号[bʌ'ŋgl]
[動](自)(他)ぶざま［無器用］にやる, へまなやり方をする；やりそこなう.
━━[名]
1 無器用［ぶざま］に作られた物.
-gler
[名]無器用者；へまな職人.
bungle
verb [T]
to do something wrong, in a careless or stupid way
bungled
adjective
a bungled robbery
n.
A clumsy or inept performance; a botch: made a bungle of the case due to inexperience.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
bungler bun'gler n.bunglingly bun'gling·ly adv.
ふてぎわ【不手際】
〔拙劣〕clumsiness, awkwardness; 〔しくじり〕bungling, a blunder
homemaking 蓋家屋
anecdote
noun [C]
a short often amusing story, especially about something someone has done:
He told one or two amusing anecdotes about his years as a policeman.
anecdotal
adjective
describes information that is not based on facts or careful study:
anecdotal evidence
botch[botch]
- 発音記号[bɑ'tʃ | bɔ'tʃ]
- (bŏch)
tr.v., botched, botch·ing, botch·es. - To ruin through clumsiness.
- To make or perform clumsily; bungle.
- To repair or mend clumsily.
- A ruined or defective piece of work: "I have made a miserable botch of this description" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
- A hodgepodge.
[Middle English bocchen, to mend.]
botcher botch'er n.botchy botch'y adj.
SYNONYMS botch, blow, bungle, fumble, muff. These verbs mean to harm or spoil through inept or clumsy handling: botch a repair; blow an opportunity; bungle an interview; fumbled my chance to apologize; muffed the painting job.
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