Sentence examples for cack- from inspiring English sources

Indeed, America's future will depend on a leader who relies both on a clear head and a cack hand.Andrew Polk Washington, DCSIR – You suggested that it was hardly John McCain's fault if some of the audience during his concession speech were less than generous to Mr Obama (Lexington, November 8th).

To this day I still can't switch on any VOD service without drowning in cack-handed British gangster films called things like Top Dog or St George's Day.

But if Labour's response to the business criticism has been cack-handed, then that still leaves the mystery of why no one from the corporate world has come out in the government's defence – despite all that Darling has done in cutting taxes to boost the high street.

Painful memories of cack-handed attempts to "pick winners" (throw state money at favoured firms, often for political reasons) by post-war governments persuaded Margaret Thatcher and her successors that attempts to shape the economy from Whitehall were best avoided.Now that seems to be changing.

Their disruptive tactics may yet cause the election to be postponed or even cancelled.Mr Suthep launched his crusade three months ago, at the time of the government's cack-handed attempt to force through a bill granting Mr Thaksin amnesty for convictions for corruption and abuse of power.

He points to 2002, when the cack-handed introduction of a new A-level curriculum led to soaring grades.

Then came the Kremlin's cack-handed efforts to intervene in Ukraine's presidential election.

The water and sewerage system has broken down in many places, including Harare, where the authorities turned off the taps completely for a few days in a cack-handed attempt to stem the spread of the disease.

The trouble is that its upheavals in the Lords, via devolution and so on were implemented long ago and cack-handedly.

ABN was a spectacularly cack-handed attempt at this.

Among others, the Bank of England sold some of its gold in cack-handed auctions a few years ago.