In order to let that force show through, a writer must avoid obvious missteps, demonstrating mastery over his materials and effects.
And since much of the book is devoted to Gottfried's various career disasters, then at the very least this latest misstep has given him great material for his next book.
I picked it up once following my thru-hike, but I found I was too close to the material; I quibbled over every description, guffawed over every misstep.
Although Styrofoam is a relatively soft material and does not require deep cuts, a small misstep can still result in a lot of pain for your fingers.
In fact, the Pathfinder Armada we drove recently (our full test drive will be out soon), despite some missteps in the quality of a few interior materials, has a much better aesthetic.
We plotted the number of steps, number of missteps and the variability in timing of consecutive steps (CV2; see " Materials and methods") and performed linear regression analysis.
Microsoft intends to use material from the book as evidence that Netscape's troubles resulted largely from its own missteps, not from any predatory practices by Microsoft.
Investors were largely willing to forgive Groupon's litany of missteps in the run-up to its I.P.O., which included backtracking from a highly controversial profit metric, disclosing material weakness in its financial controls and restating its earnings.
There are occasional missteps.
