The most compelling scenes are often the clumsiest, including a series of chapters that leave modern-day Boston for ancient Athens, and Bill Chalmers for Anytus, the industrialist and war hero who was instrumental in bringing charges against Socrates.
While "In the Valley of Elah" has its share of overreaching and throat clearing — including clumsy references to the biblical story of David and Goliath, the source of its title — it is mostly free of moral grandstanding.
NPR has had its share of management snafus, including the clumsy firing last fall of Juan Williams, a commentator who made ill-advised remarks about Muslims.
Then there was a series of public missteps, including his clumsy handling of the selection of a senator to replace Mrs. Clinton.
This re-creation of a traditional grand council, or loya jirga, has had some conspicuous problems, including a clumsy American effort to make sure that Hamid Karzai, who has performed capably as interim leader, was elected president.
So Brown has my sympathy on this, which he does not on many other things, including his clumsy promotion of the Tobin tax in St Andrews, about which I wrote last night.
But while the statement came as a great relief to the White House, Mr. Ray's terse legal judgment does not excuse the White House's long record of obfuscation in the Whitewater matter, including its clumsy meddling with official inquiries and its failure to produce relevant records in a timely manner.
The film's clumsy initial writing - including a painfully on-the-nose scene on the airplane - gives way to scenes that are truly, achingly romantic.
Mina's repertoire at the beginning of her career included clumsy imitations of British and American rock and jazz songs, while her extra-loud and syncopated version of the song "Nessuno" showcased her excellent sense of rhythm.
Other names for dyspraxia include Clumsy Child Syndrome Developmental Co-ordination Disorderr (DCD); Minimal Brain Dysfunction: Motor learning Difficulty; and Pereceptuo-motor Dysfunction".. Compare your symptoms (or those of your loved one) to the list of symptoms /signs of Dyspraxia.
