Johnson campaigned vigorously, undertaking a public speaking tour of the north, known as the " Swing Around the Circle "; the tour, including speeches in Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Columbus, proved politically disastrous, with Johnson making distasteful and blasphemous comparisons between himself and Christ, and occasionally engaging in hostile and irrational arguments with hecklers.

This action, known as the Devastaciones de Osorio, proved disastrous ; more than half of the resettled colonists died of starvation or disease, over 100, 000 cattle were abandoned, and many slaves escaped.

Its release to poor reviews and limited distribution proved disastrous for all concerned.

However, a campaign to reconquer Peru and Chile during the Chincha Islands War ( 1864 – 1866 ) proved disastrous and Spain suffered defeat before the determined South American powers.

This action, known as the Devastaciones de Osorio, proved disastrous ; more than half of the resettled colonists died of starvation or disease, over 100, 000 cattle were abandoned, and many slaves escaped.

Despite an all-star cast ( including Neve Campbell and Matthew Modine ) and the pedigree of Miller's script, Spacey's decision to lure Altman to the stage proved disastrous: after a fraught rehearsal period, the play opened to a critical panning, and closed after only a few weeks.

Stalin's collectivization policy proved to be as disastrous as Bukharin predicted, but Stalin had by then achieved unchallenged authority in the party leadership.

He was shot and killed by the Brigades, this attack against a popular trade union organiser proved disastrous, totally alienating the factory worker base to which BR propaganda was primarily directed.

Desperately needing a win against the Dodgers in the final game of the year to force a one-game playoff with the Braves in San Francisco, the controversial choice of Giants rookie pitcher Salomon Torres proved disastrous as he gave up three runs in the first four innings and the Giants went on to lose the game 12 – 1.

At the beginning of the Eighty Years ' War, the absence of city walls proved disastrous, as it allowed Spanish troops easily to occupy the town.

This proved disastrous in terms of the band's career, in particular as the band were being actively courted by Seymour Stein who thought they could become massive stars in the USA.

This agreement proved disastrous: by 308 Maxentius had become de facto ruler of Italy and Africa even without any imperial rank, and neither Constantine nor Maximinus — who had both been Caesares since 306 and 305 respectively — were prepared to tolerate the promotion of the Augustus Licinius as their superior.

A briefly tried solution was to have the translators mimic the witnesses ' emotions, but this proved disastrous and was quickly scrapped.

The government did not admit that defoliants such as Agent Orange had disastrous health effects on the veterans until 1992, when they finally accepted research that proved there were links between Agent Orange and health problems suffered by the veterans.

The season proved to be yet another disastrous one, with the AP03 proving to be unreliable and ill handling.

Much to his regret, the intervention proved disastrous with a power-hungry subordinate making Gill his puppet and causing the regime to adopt the same racial supremacist and genocidal ideologies of the original, forcing Star Fleet personnel to intervene directly to minimize the harm to the societies.

In the years immediately following Menem's term, the combination of fixed-rate convertibility and high fiscal deficits proved unsustainable, despite massive loan support from the International Monetary Fund, and had to be abandoned in 2002, with disastrous effects on the Argentine economy.

The result of this defeat proved disastrous for Denmark – Norway: in the Second treaty of Brömsebro ( 1645 ) Denmark ceded to Sweden the Norwegian provinces Jemtland, Herjedalen and Älvdalen as well as the Danish islands of Gotland and Øsel.

The French Revolution proved as disastrous for the temporal territories of the Papacy as it was for the Roman Church in general.

The introduction to Ziegfeld proved equally disastrous.

This marriage proved disastrous to Gondor: when it was affirmed that the heir to the throne would be Valacar's son Eldacar, who was of mixed blood, southern provinces of the realm began to rebel.

Louis XVIII's underestimation of Bonaparte proved disastrous.

The war proved disastrous for France, but was advantageous in giving birth to the German Empire, which would supplant France's place as the major land power in Continental Western Europe to the end of World War I.

This proved to be disastrous for the Elves in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad when Ulfang and his clan switched sides and defected to Morgoth, while Bór and his sons died bravely fighting on the side of the Eldar.

Salieri then returned to Paris for the premiere of his tragédie lyrique Les Horaces ( The Horati ) which proved a failure.

Though DeMille completed the film, it proved to be his last, for he never fully recovered, and died on January 21, 1959 of heart failure.

In 1860, he became editor of Vanity Fair, a humorous New York weekly, which proved a failure.

Bishop Christian asked the new Pope Honorius III for the consent to start another Crusade, however a first campaign in 1217 proved a failure and even the joint efforts by Duke Konrad with the Polish High Duke Leszek I the White and Duke Henry I the Bearded of Silesia in 122 / 23 only led to the reconquest of Chełmno Land but did not stop the Prussian invasions.

Then being employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, he proceeded to make two films: the science-fiction epic Dune ( 1984 ), which proved to be a critical and commercial failure, and then a neo-noir crime film, Blue Velvet ( 1986 ), which was critically acclaimed.

However, General Niazi proved to be a failure and ineffective ruler.

The GT40's intended 3. 0 L replacement, the Ford P68, and Mirage cars proved a dismal failure.

Early hopes of mineral or agricultural wealth were dashed, and open trade proved a failure owing to other nations ' better quality, lower priced goods and hostility.

Although his long Livonian War for the control of the Baltic coast and the access to sea trade ultimately proved a costly failure, Ivan managed to annex the Khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberia.

For the 2008 season, the Ranger III carried visitors to / from Windigo on several occasions, this proved to be a failure and was discontinued after 4 trips due to lack of interest and extremely long crossing times.

Efforts to run labor candidates proved a failure in numerous elections in 1886-89.

But ultimately each of the Berber dynasties proved to be a political failure because none managed to create an integrated society out of a social landscape dominated by tribes that prized their autonomy and individual identity.

The moderate tactics used by the CAM to obtain consideration of reform — petitions, newspaper editorials, and personal appeals to French officials — proved inadequate, and the tensions created in the CAM by the failure of the plan caused it to split.

Seen as a game console, the CD-i format proved to be a commercial failure and several of its games are considered among the worst ever made.

He first conceived of a guitar fitted with a phonograph-like amplifying horn, and approached inventor and violin-maker John Dopyera to create a prototype which proved to be, by all accounts, a failure.

Hirschfeld believed that the failure of attempts to change homosexuality through psychoanalysis proved that it was biologically innate.

His colony proved a failure as his crew was ravaged by disease, unfamiliar weather conditions, and Carib raids.

It was intended that other " Milieux " would be described in following supplements, but T4 proved to be a failure both critically and financially before this could happen.

This, however, proved a costly failure.

But Daimler's strategy with Bazzetta proved to be a failure as the U. S. criminal investigation for violating anti-bribery laws was already underway in what is one of the most wide-ranging cases brought against a foreign corporation.

The film — a period piece set in Europe — proved to be a box office failure.

I Take This Woman with Hedy Lamarr was a critical and commercial failure, but the historical drama Northwest Passage — Tracy's first film in Technicolor — proved popular.

In 1198 the archbishop, however, had anticipated him and his agents in Rome undermined Gerald's case, and, as the pope was not convinced that St. David's was independent of Canterbury, the mission of Gerald proved a failure.

It proved to be another financial failure and only grossed $ 6 million on its opening weekend.