51.   The strategy ultimately backfired.

52.   The strategy backfired because the bumper Latin American crops and seasonal rise in imports that roasters expected never materialized.

53.   The strategy backfired immediately.

54.   The strategy has backfired so far, though, because the first two rounds of talks concluded without an agreement being reached.

55.   The strategy backfired and Forbes finished fourth in the caucuses.

56.   The strategy backfired as the Sooners freely stuffed the ball inside and beat the Longhorns for the second time this season.

57.   The strategy backfired as U.S. stocks kept right on climbing.

58.   The strategy backfired on Morse and the borkerage firms this summer.

59.   The three players whom James benched until Sunday also lost, but James disagreed that his strategy had backfired.