Capello will also have enjoyed finer nights in his illustrious career as his major decisions backfired.
Bristol, not Pfizer, funded that study, which backfired (see: " Bristol Study Proves Rival Drug Better").
That feature--seemingly designed to play up the privacy threat of Google's huge collection of user data--backfired.
If the move was an attempt to gain a modicum of respectability, it backfired.
Yet as turmoil has engulfed Brazil too ( see article), that ploy has backfired.
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The deals backfired when rates fell, sending some municipalities scrambling to exit the agreements.
Unfortunately for Sykes, the self-policing has backfired on him because he tops the Madoff leaderboard.
But Colombia's desire to play up the deterrent effect of the agreement has backfired.
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Obama's quick wit may have backfired on him during a 2008 Democratic primary debate.
President Obama's latest sequestration gambit backfired for the same reason his previous attempts this year have flopped.
As Denning points out, it backfired in large part because of issues related to trust and culture.
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And as NPR's Martin Kaste reports, the flex-fuel program has backfired and is actually increasing oil consumption.
Offering a platform for consumer action was ambitious and seemed appropriate for the times, but it backfired.
The ad industry works so hard to keep faith out of the mix that is has backfired.
Anything and everything the Lakers tried to do to flip the size-speed disadvantage only backfired on them.
Whatever Mr Hussein's strategy, it backfired catastrophically when he underestimated Mr Bush's resolve to get rid of him.
He said AMFA's 1998 decision to break off from the International Association of Machinists--part of the AFL-CIO--clearly backfired.
"They have tried to be cute on the timing but that has backfired, " said Ian Gordon at Investec.
Dale Bumpers, a liberal Democrat, but was soundly defeated after a campaign strategy suggested by political consultants backfired.
Resorting to underhanded tactics to undermine the opposition has only backfired for Mr. Najib, at home and abroad.
His attempt to present the seven youths as victims of bigotry backfired when a home video was released.
In 2009, NBC handed the show over to Conan O'Brien, but the move backfired and the network reinstated Leno.
Instead, the sting backfired: A conference organizer outed her in a room filled with thousands of her would-be targets.
Alonso was brought in for an early pit-stop but the move backfired as Vettel won the season's deciding race.
Mr Moi's plan ultimately backfired and Mr Kenyatta lost to President Mwai Kibaki, who benefitted from Mr Odinga's support.
Masakadza decided to bat first after winning the toss but that decision backfired as his side slumped to 12-2.
But most dramatic of all, the move backfired on the prime minister himself.
But Ms. Navarro admits her hands-off approach has backfired on her at times.
The hope was that this would give children a good grounding in all three disciplines, but the policy has backfired.
But Vaughan insists he was upbeat all along but was not keen on making public statements in case they backfired.
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