maladroitness

• “Rhee's political maladroitness was not hers alone.”

  The Washington Post: Michelle Rhee leaves, and the DCPS 'churn' continues

• “In person, Cuccinelli's charged public persona is softened, if not subverted, by a skewed sense of humor -- he's a "Monty Python" aficionado -- and a certain goofy maladroitness.”

  The Washington Post: Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative

• “Karen Hughes, a media-savvy George Bush confidante who ran the state department's public diplomacy from 2005 until her resignation in late 2007, was criticised from all sides of the political spectrum for her ignorance of foreign affairs and maladroitness in dealing with the Muslim world.”

  John Brown: Can America Change Hearts and Minds?

• “The breathtaking maladroitness of Harry Reid's allowing this resolution to come to a vote on the Senate floor is matched only by the intergalactic stupidity of the original MoveOn ad.”

  Reso Condemning MoveOn Passes Overwhelmingly, With Lots Of Dems

• “No other artform can in fact tolerate such an incorrigible affirmation of maladroitness among its practitioners.”

  Writing and Failure (Part 6) : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation

• ““No other artform can in fact tolerate such an incorrible affirmation maladroitness among it practioners” is a wonderful statement and might even be true.”

  Writing and Failure (Part 6) : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation

• “There are in fact, new and worthwhile voices–amidst the doppelgangers that desire for fans to mistake maladroitness and repetition for homage and nostalgic value.”

  The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker – review

• “His olive branch has thus turned into a boomerang; once again, this Prime Minister is on the floor, felled by a combination of gross policy error and maladroitness.”

  The spinning compass

• “The self-centeredness and social maladroitness are still there.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Two Nicks

• “The eagerness with which La Briere had met the father, and the flattery of his attention to the family pride of the ex-merchant, showed Canalis his own maladroitness, and determined him to select a special role.”

  Modeste Mignon

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