Now, the banks are in hot water with regulators and face hundreds of civil suits--a fine mess all around.

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Indeed, this is a place where you can be inspired about the possibility of a world where organic farming and alternative energy sources help to salvage the fine mess we have made of the planet .

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Apple was in a fine old mess 10 years after Steve Jobs had left.

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In sum, a fine old mess for Robin Cook, Britain's ever-so-ethical foreign minister, who, as a young member of Parliament, railed against the islanders' eviction when it came to public notice in 1975.

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The bankers caused this mess but are doing fine while ordinary folk suffer, is the invariable charge.

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The last Planet of the Apes movie in 2001 did fine financially but it was a critical mess that failed to relaunch the franchise for Fox.

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But more significantly, the writer totally missed why we got in this mess, acting as if everything was fine before the housing bubble burst.

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People want to get money back, fine go after the truly deep-pockets who caused this mess: Ackman, Soros, Einhorn, Paulson, Chanos, and the other shorts who abused mark-to-market and naked short selling.

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And every product recall and billion dollar fine compounds the anger, not to mention the oversized compensation of the CEOs responsible for this mess.

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