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It's one of the words on my 50 most annoying word screw-ups list.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Cheney's imprint is all over the intelligence gaps and screw-ups of this latest burning-undies attack.
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That's the same firm Henry Paulson gave the bailout money to with a huge chunk going back to Goldman Sachs to help pay for the screw-ups of ....
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This collective decision not to distinguish between rare screw-ups and systemic dangers is turning us into neurotic Nellies who worry about, warn against and, finally, outlaw very safe things.
Boozy Babies and Other Overhyped Panics Lenore Skenazy 2011
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Another ridiculous idea, (not appearing in any of the comments here, so far), suggested to folks in hypnotic spellbound vacuum-brain while watching tv, is that the Big Stuff going wrong is merely incompetence or screw-ups by the Big Guys with the Big Responsibility making the Big Bucks.
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They just raise their fees when they feel like it but when they screw up, they also expect you/customer to pay for their screw-ups.
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You encourage and prod and scold and smile and preach and beg and take the little screw-ups home with you, in your mind.
Dennis Danziger: Real Men Don't Teach Dennis Danziger 2011
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DC is full of unethical, immoral screw-ups anyway ..... jim david
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You encourage and prod and scold and smile and preach and beg and take the little screw-ups home with you, in your mind.
Dennis Danziger: Real Men Don't Teach Dennis Danziger 2011
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We can add his indecision on what to do in Afghanistan, to his long list of screw-ups. independent
Axelrod slams Romney 2009
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