By contrast, relations between Mr Gates and Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, have been exemplary, while Mr Gates has moved to cut military spending by trimming the huge bureaucracy that oversees the department's $700bn annual budget.
My files are rife with instances of States whose laws on the statute books are exemplary, while their implementation is not.
The formal definition tells us what the exemplary form is, while the material definition specifies how that form and its causal activity are actually realized in matter.
Our advisers gave us accurate, exemplary guidance, while also understanding that this was a drama.
Last year, 16 of the schools were deemed "exemplary," the highest rating, while seven were rated "recognized," and the other two "academically acceptable".
It was described by the Guardian as "exemplary stuff", while the Telegraph called it a "monumental achievement".
H.I.V.-infected children are offered exemplary treatment, while children suffering from much simpler-to-treat diseases are left untreated, sometimes to die.
Widmann proved an exemplary soloist, while the piece itself felt in no way overshadowed by the expertly conducted complete performance of Ravel's Daphnis and Chloé that followed.
Meanwhile, informal polls by newspapers on US army bases found troops believed low-ranking troops such as Graner have been singled out for exemplary punishment, while senior officers - who knew of the abuse for months - have gone free.
In both cases, we analyze temperature measurements as an exemplary modality, while we exclude failed sensors from the recovery process.
"The bill still doesn't consider relief that would give many old-timers who've been languishing in prison for years, who don't have serious criminal history, or for that matter, who've been programming and have exemplary conduct while in prison," 52-year-old Dennis Crosby, who's doing 25 years for racketeering and murder charges at FCI Otisville in New York, told VICE via email.
