We are leftrudderless, suddenly unable to believe, yet repelled by the spectacle in front of us.
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When a ship is sailing the searudderless, only fools stand on the deck and argue about who is to blame.
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It is rather like arudderlessship with the captain in the chart house wondering what to do next.
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We now have a council that isrudderless.
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We say that it is his specific responsibility to have in mind that the industry must not be allowed to moverudderless.
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Nevertheless, through all these months we seem to have been drifting along,rudderless, without a clear purpose and without any sure chance of landfall.
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Without an objective to guide one at the present moment one would driftrudderlessthrough all the cross currents of these matters.
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It is at least partly their fault that it now driftsrudderlessover a sea of doubt.
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At the moment the industry is to a large extentrudderless: it is not getting a clear lead from anyone.
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That is a recipe for confusion andrudderlessmanagement.
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In a sense, we arerudderlesson the matter, and this contributes to people's disillusionment with politicians and the machinery of government.
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After the failed attempt at privatisation, they simply allowed it to driftrudderless.
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Contrary to his declared aspirations, that is not flexibility; it isrudderlessdrift, which is not good enough.
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They are arudderlessship drifting starboard.
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I should emphasise that even in those instances where the appointment process is protracted the school will not be leftrudderless; an acting head will be appointed.
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