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3 unusual facts about Fiasco


Fiasco

FIASCO, the name used by very early versions of PSPP, a free software application for analysis of sampled data

Fíaskó (international title: Fiasco), 2000 Icelandic film

The Tom Waits Run

The motto of the Tom Waits Run is in Norwegian Fra ruin til Fiasco (Eng. From ruin to Fiasco), referring to the starting point at the ruins of the St. Mary Church in the Medieval Park and the endpoint at Café Fiasco, respectively.


2002 United States Grand Prix

Toward the end, Michael Schumacher, who was leading the race, eased off the throttle at the last moment, attempting to create a "dead heat" between himself and teammate Rubens Barrichello (partially in atonement for the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix fiasco); Schumacher wound up losing the race by 11 thousandths of a second, the second-closest finish in Speedway history, beating out the historic finish of the 1992 Indianapolis 500 between Al Unser Jr. and Scott Goodyear.

Allan Weiner

After the M/V Fury fiasco, Ferraro purchased a small licensed AM station, WHVW in Hyde Park, New York.

Battle Scars

When Fiasco was in Australia for Supafest he came to Sebastian's Sydney studio to record the rap.

Fiasco added "Battle Scars" to his album Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 in countries other than Australia, credited as a duet.

Fiasco added "Battle Scars" to his fourth album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 in countries other than Australia.

Bernd Scholz

He participated in the 1954 contemporary music festival in Donauschingen where his works were conducted by Hans Rosbaud (the same year when American composer John Cage's appearance became a legendary fiasco).

Franz Kamin

While at IU, Kamin, together with fellow composer James Brody organized FIASCO, an experimental collective which meet weekly in Bloomington from 1966 to 1972.

Harold Robbins' The Survivors

Despite their presence, and that above the title of bestselling author Harold Robbins, since the characters were from his novel of the same name, the program was a ratings fiasco, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and The NBC Monday Movie on NBC.

Hoover free flights promotion

Part of the Trouble at the Top series, the "Hoover Flights Fiasco" was watched by 1.7 million viewers.

Larry Finch

The forced resignation was a public relations fiasco for the university and athletic director R. C. Johnson, as the deal was finalized immediately following Finch's final game in one of the concession areas of the Pyramid Arena.

Theophilus Johnson

This was the "first accurate history of the Zoo" and included never before published information concerning the "true story of Jumbo", the "fiasco of the white elephant" and the "fiction of the intellectually-gifted chimpanzee, Sally".


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