A generation ago, discovering the existence of the Ethiopian famine – let alone delivering any help – involved days of travel in vintage DC-3 aircraft and along unmade roads.
Unfortunately, genuine menace has never been his strong point: Jay-Z's voice has always been so matter-of-fact, it's hard to imagine him cutting loose in the vocal booth (as Kanye does on Yeezus), let alone delivering the same quiet chills as, say, long-underrated Texan rapper Trae Tha Truth.
These types of mistakes would prevent John McCain from getting a job as a research assistant at any think tank in D.C., let alone delivering anything resembling a responsible foreign policy as president.
I couldn't even pronounce pedagogy, let alone deliver it.
Iran's eventual capacity to produce weapons-grade fissile material, let alone deliver it, is unaffected.
Partly for that reason, Sanders did not so much as acknowledge Clinton's presumed triumph, let alone deliver the concession that usually accompanies victory for a rival.
If anything, swift advances in technology — computerized trading strategies unleashed on a global landscape — have made it harder for watchdogs to simply recognize the risks building within markets, let alone deliver effective action.
The Killing and Borgen have both wrapped for good, and while negotiations, I am told, are still underway in Scandinavia about possibly making a third series of The Bridge, nothing has been sealed and signed, let alone delivered.
She said it was "hard to see the place for a five-minute visit," adding: "As far as I'm concerned, I think that given the people receiving the care are, by definition, people who need support, it can be quite difficult to get access to their home in five minutes, let alone deliver care".
But however talented the staff at NHS Improvement, it is all but impossible to see how it can make substantial progress towards eliminating the £2bn deficit without compromising on staffing or quality, let alone deliver sufficient productivity gains to secure the mythical £22bn of savings.
These indicators suggest that the odds are less than even for job growth between now and the election that will match or beat the Clinton-era average, let alone deliver the job boom we both need and have a right to expect after three bad years.
