But when things go wrong, it looks like a textbook example of how to lose friends and alienate people.

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But when things go wrong -they can go VERY VERY wrong.

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They make the system less than perfectly efficient, but safer when things go wrong.

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Critics see Mr Obasanjo playing a political game, holding on to all his various powers, but blaming others when things go wrong.

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The Baby Peter case saw a picture emerging of a beleaguered profession, under attack when things go wrong but often dealing with high caseloads and staff shortages, said BBC social affairs correspondent Alison Holt.

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But things can only go wrong when you start to fool yourself.

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But the fate of Bear Stearns shows that, when things go really wrong, punishment can be severe.

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But things started to go wrong for George Neill's side when Campbell got his second yellow card.

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But at a national level, Keynes' basic idea that governments should intervene when things go wrong, was gradually built into the fabric of every Western economy from the 1940s onwards.

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But when Mr Rollins finally took over as chief executive in July 2004, things started to go wrong almost immediately.

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