Oops 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America

Name: Oops 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America
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ISBN: 9780060780845

ISBN-10: 0060780843

ISBN-13: 9780060780845

Edition: Annotated

Authors: Martin J. Smith, Patrick J. Kiger

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Americans' failures are as spectacular as their successes: bridges that collapse; flying cars that crash; sports promotions run amok; deodorant that nearly destroyed the earth; and even failures that failed to happen! Veteran journalists Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger select twenty miscues, goofs, complications, and failures that shaped modern America and reveal the life lessons these gaffes teach, including: Accentuate the Positive: How Thomas Edison Invented Trash Talk Understand the Market: The 1967 Monkees-Jimi Hendrix Concert Tour Desperation Is the Cradle of Bad Ideas: Cleveland Indians' Ten-Cent Beer Night Sweat the Details: The Sixty-Story John Hancock…

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List price: $12.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Joy of Oops


Read the Fine Print: The Eroto-Utopians of Upstate New York


Accentuate the Positive: How Thomas Edison Invented Trash Talk


Beware Solutions that Create New Problems: The Global Underarm Deodorant Disaster


Bad Results Trump Good Intentions: Kudzu: A Most Tangled Tale


Ignore the Past at Your Peril: The Preposterous Collapse of "Galloping Gertie"


Persistence can Outweigh Talent: The Screeching Diva


Choose the Right Partner: The Kaiser-Hughes Flying Boat


Pandering will Get You Nowhere: The 1955 Dodge La Femme


Beware of Unproven Technologies: The Lingering Reek of "Smell-O-Vision"


Convenience isn't Always Enough: The Paper Dress


Dubious Notions Seduce Even the Brightest Minds: The U.S. Psychic Friends Program


Understand the Market: The 1967 Jimi Hendrix-Monkees Concert Tour


Desperation is the Cradle of Bad Ideas: The Cleveland Indians' Ten-Cent Beer Night


Sweat the Details: The Sixty-Story John Hancock Guillotine


Cultural Norms Resist Radical Change: Male Fashion's Fabulous Faux Pas


Think Long Term: The Abbreviated Reign of "Neon" Leon Spinks


Know "Helpful" from "Annoying": Clippy-Microsoft's Relentless Software Irritant


Beware-the-Profiting Prophet: The Y2K Scare


Don't Mess with Success: The XFL's Quick Takedown


Occasionally Look Up from Your Workbench: The Quixotic Quest for the Flying Car


The Bonus Chapter: Fiascoes That Failed to Qualify for Oops


Think We Blew It?: Tell Us About Your Favorite Failures


Chapter Notes: Or, How We Learned These Twenty Lessons


Index