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oops 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America MARTIN J. SMITH and PATRICK J. KIGER To William Leford Smith,M.J.S whose. dimming eyes still see the humor in almost everything To Beastboy P.and J.K his. momster Good judgment is usually the result of experience. And experience is frequently the result of bad judgment. —An attorney in a lawsuit involving Boston’s John Hancock Tower, after the skyscraper’s windows fell out Some said I couldn’t sing, but no one could say I didn’t sing. —Florence Foster Jenkins, widely recognized as the worst opera diva ever contents Introduction The Joy of Oops ix Lesson #1 READ THE FINE PRINT The Eroto- Utopians of Upstate New York John Humphrey Noyes’s sexually adventurous Perfectionist commune was one of the most successful utopian religious groups in 19th-century Amer- ica. Alas, the devil was in the details. { 1 } Lesson #2 ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE How Thomas Edison Invented Trash Talk Why would one of America’s iconic inventors publicly electrocute a full- grown carnival elephant? The answer reveals a little- known story of ego, failure, and the moment when America began “going negative.” { 13 } Lesson #3 BEWARE SOLUTIONS THAT CREATE NEW PROBLEMS The Global Underarm Deodorant Disaster Thomas Midgley Jr. was among America’s greatest problem solvers. Unfor- tunately, his landmark “Eureka!” moments had an echo that sounded a lot like “Oops!” { 27 } CONTENTS v Lesson #4 BAD RESULTS TRUMP GOOD INTENTIONS Kudzu: A Most Tangled Tale What began as a well- intentioned effort to stop soil erosion in the American South became a dramatic example of what can happen when you mess with Mother Nature. -
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Monday Ukrainian-Americans keep Watson finally wins Specials heritage alive: Family U.S. Open: Sports The Daily Register Monmouth County's Great Home Newspaper VOL.104 NO. 303 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1982 25 CENTS Princess Diana goes into labor LONDON (AP) — Princess Diana, pregnant When Princess Diana's trip to a shop to wife of Prince Charles, was admitted to Lon- satisfy a craving for fruit gum candies made the don's St. Mary's Hospital today "in the early front page of The Daily Mirror in December, stages of labor," Buckingham Palace an- Prince postpones polo match Queen Elizabeth II summoned British news- nounced. paper editors and heads of television and radio The brief announcement gave no other de- news to Buckingham Palace to request a halt. tails of her condition, but said she was admitted Press reports had said Diana wanted to have certain of being at his wife's bedside. The queen's press secretary told the news to the hospital between S a.m. and 6 a.m. — her baby in a hospital while Queen Elizabeth II It reportedly was the first time a helicopter chiefs that intrusive coverage of the private life midnight and 1 a.m. EDT. had preferred Buckingham Palace for the birth. had brought a member of the Royal Family of the 20-year-old princess, nicknamed by the Prince Charles, 33-year-old heir to the Brit- Charles returned to Kensington Palace, the home from abroad right to his own doorstep, on media "Shy Di," made her feel she "could not ish throne, accompanied his wife to the hospital, couple's London home, yesterday afternoon the lawns of Kensington Palace.