Not only is the development of the enlargement irregular and even capricious in these cases, but there is, in addition, another important fact to be remembered, and that is: at some time or the other the enlargement is accompanied by pain or other nervous symptom.
"The real story of Dubai is that it was a trick," says Christopher Davidson, a political science professor at Durham University in the U.K. Underlying Dubai's liberal, investor-friendly climate are a feeble legal structure prone to government interference and a capricious approach to settling cases involving defaults, restructurings and foreigners' rights.
In Sprewell's case, his capricious and occasionally reckless style of play after joining the Knicks went from crass to charismatic, particularly because it energized an otherwise dull club.
Other concerns include inedible food, poor medical care, inadequate legal representation, harsh treatment from officials and a capricious process that sees some cases resolved far more quickly than others.
He also claimed that the association's investigation of the case was arbitrary, capricious and hasty, taking one day and concluding without discussing the allegations with him.
But rules ought to be reasonable, hardly the case with this capricious and arbitrary rating system (no to sex but yes to violence, vulgarity and Chevy Chase).
This case illustrates the capricious nature of Cushing's disease and demonstrates the necessity of both keeping a differential diagnosis in mind, and the utility of using different methods of assessing cortisol secretion in this diagnostically challenging condition.
"The F.C.C. decision today is a textbook case of arbitrary and capricious government action," said Chase Carey, chairman and chief executive of Fox Television.
"Fox believes that the FCC's decision in this case was arbitrary and capricious, inconsistent with precedent and patently unconstitutional," Scott Grogin, the company's senior vice president of corporate communications said in a statement.
MySpace and it's capricious community of design junkies are case in point, often changing their layouts almost as much as their favorite band of the moment.
