"Since most analysts come to their jobs with some subject matter expertise, managers often presume they will learn whatever else they need 'on the job' just as they did [to get there]," Bruce and George write.
It is with some matter of pride that I can say "I was there" at that fateful incident in 2004 when Selfish Cunt's Martin Tomlinson picked up handfuls of horse poo outside Buckingham Palace and started hurling it at his fellow musicians, who had innocently gathered there for an NME photoshoot.
In other words, Mr. Burke's plot is as thick and tortuous as a Louisiana swamp, and while there is certainly nothing wrong with that, some matters, like motivation and the trail of evidence, seem at times to disappear in the murk.
With CRIPA, some matters can stretch on for decades.
Even though I've disagreed with him on some matters, I strongly support the right of Professor Michael Mann to speak at Penn State or anywhere else on the subject of climate change.
Chief Constable Trotter told BBC Radio 4's The World At One on Monday: "I was talking to Twitter only this morning about this and, while we do work with them on some matters, I think there is a lot more to be done.
"It's in the DfE's interest to settle some matters with us so we can move forward - it's unsatisfactory that you don't know who's on the governing body of academy schools," he said.
In tennis circles, Nadal is occasionally mentioned in the same sentence with Tiger Woods, as in: some matters appear explainable by upbringing and training, and some by a felicitous accident of natural design.
It is inconceivable that he could avoid discussing with them at least some matters relating to his policies and their business ventures, or that he could avoid noticing and caring about their interactions with foreign nations.
