Technical failures, together with theclumsinessand indiscretion of its agents, wrecked operations with surprising frequency.
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With limited time resources, it is thus evidently easier to address the more obvious issues - such as overweight orclumsiness.
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Spectators have also remarked on theclumsinessof the work - not in a negative sense, but as part of its charm and inexplicable appeal.
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The naturalistic explanations that people used to explain accidents were carelessness - which incurred moral condemnation - andclumsiness.
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Any form of action is a form of necessary improvisation, which is of course subject to slips, mistakes, and moments ofclumsiness.
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This was a trait that was added to the person, not a deficit (as were carelessness andclumsiness).
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Moreover,clumsiness, as part of one's character, was generally excusable behavior, as, for example, physical weakness would be.
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But how do you measure your own humanity, vulnerability, loyalty,clumsiness, love of life's absurdities?
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Secondly, its conspicuousclumsinessraises the spectre of music for the cinema.
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Other worrying symptoms include progressive visual disturbance, weakness,clumsinessand loss of balance.
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Your right to security does not give way to myclumsiness, and my right to security does not give way to your passion for target practice.
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Yet, the green, transparent fibreglass chairs in the cafeteria, representing the same defiantclumsinessas the building itself, are one of the most delightful examples of furniture.
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A consideration that ruled this out was hisclumsinessin doing dissections, which could be attributed to his brain working faster than his hands could follow.
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I am also confounded by myclumsiness.
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As regards the heaviness andclumsinessof the half-crown, that is a matter of opinion.
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