As soon as the press appears to be bearing down on some peccadillo, such as Mr Bush's possible youthful use of cocaine, the public seems to switch off, and commentators rush to defend the accused by saying it does not matter.
In Mr Toledo's time, the main peccadillo has merely been nepotism, which has claimed two ministers in six weeks.In this section Looking south, north or both?
A hipper-than-normal gift-store will lure political fans to a kitsch fantasia with Socks the Cat cocktail purses, Bill and Hillary cookie cutters and Clinton calendars.After Mr Clinton's peccadillo with an intern, and his impeachment, Little Rock shied away from him.
The Tories are therefore now drawing attention to every little peccadillo that might embarrass the present government.
But if a few stock characters and a contrived peccadillo are what it takes in order to exaggerate and deflate the pretensions of America's future ruling class in such hilarious style, so be it.
The mayor claims that, in contrast to the far more egregious sins of some of his opponents, this is a mere peccadillo which they are seeking to exploit to eliminate him from the presidential race.
His peccadillo: having headed the audit committee of a company under investigation for fraud.
The government's first treasury minister was fired soon after his appointment for a financial peccadillo that in former times would have attracted little notice.The best illustration, though, was the government's response to a newspaper stunt.
Another common peccadillo was for strategic investors to pay a premium for a controlling stake in a company without making a general offer to shareholders.
Lines of girls puckering their lips and wiggling their frothy pink behinds now smacks of tacky tourist cabaret, and Coppelius's peccadillo seems distinctly unpleasant.
But, no, his wife, Tana, isn't bothered by this bathroom peccadillo.
