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  • noun Plural form of debacle.

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  • The conclusion sounds right -- that Obama is in reasonably good shape, but that it's a mistake to extrapolate from 1982 and 1994 and conclude that just because Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton followed up midterm debacles with landslides, Obama is sure to do so.

    The early line on 2012 Jonathan Bernstein 2010

  • I never had to see 'em lose to Michigan while I was (and still am) at Ohio State, this is almost so monumental those two national title debacles are almost forgiven.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • I never had to see 'em lose to Michigan while I was (and still am) at Ohio State, this is almost so monumental those two national title debacles are almost forgiven.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • In short, Kathy Shaidle and Loki, the reason the Conservative party hasn’t become involved in these latest little Human Rights Commission debacles, is that they tend to invite comment from intellectual dwarfs who think that Ernst Zundel has “nothing offensive” on his site.

    2008 February 20 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • In short, Kathy Shaidle and Loki, the reason the Conservative party hasn’t become involved in these latest little Human Rights Commission debacles, is that they tend to invite comment from intellectual dwarfs who think that Ernst Zundel has “nothing offensive” on his site.

    Free Speech And Ernst Zundels « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • As Obama looks to the experiences of Clinton and Reagan, who both rebounded from midterm debacles to win re-election, the lessons differ ...

    Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama fixate on tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010

  • As Obama looks to the experiences of Clinton and Reagan, who both rebounded from midterm debacles to win re-election, the lessons differ ...

    Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama Fixate on Tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010

  • As Obama looks to the experiences of Clinton and Reagan, who both rebounded from midterm debacles to win re-election, the lessons differ ...

    Brendan Nyhan: Peter Baker and Barack Obama fixate on tactics Brendan Nyhan 2010

  • Instead of dwelling on the past, let's focus on how we can work toward the future and ensure that "debacles" as you call them don't happen in the future.

    BatesLine: September 2005 Archives 2005

  • Instead of dwelling on the past, let's focus on how we can work toward the future and ensure that "debacles" as you call them don't happen in the future.

    Senate holds up voter ID - BatesLine 2005

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