Indeed, some of the greatest with these skills have been notoriously cack-handed with matters technical.

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Newtonmore club secretary Ian Gibson also accused the association of "cack-handed intransigence" and of misjudging the mood of the clubs.

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At least Pakistan has handled its default more adroitly than Ecuador, which, though a tiny economy, managed to annoy everyone with its cack-handed approach.

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The problem this time was not the unions, who readily agreed to a new deal, but the cack-handed government management under which Australia's rail network had fallen into decline.

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In March 2004, luck helped to bring the leader of Spain's Socialists to power: he was trailing in the polls until a cack-handed attempt by the ruling centre-right People's Party to blame the Madrid train bombings three days before the election on Basque separatists.

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The Spanish government delayed its budget for 2012 because of an election in Andalusia, created suspicions about the accuracy of its statistics, was cack-handed in its negotiation with the EU over a revised deficit target and messed up a bond sale just before Easter.

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He described the way the disciplinary procedure had been handled as "cack-handed" and "chaotic", saying the panel felt the dismissals were as a result of issues raised by Mr Routledge regarding the conduct of a member of staff who was a good friend of the Lockes.

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