During the campaign Mr Dumont was plagued by the ill-chosen remarks of ill-chosen candidates.

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Yet what most Americans recall about the meltdown are the ill-chosen words of Malaysia's then-prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.

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Some ill-chosen ambassadors to the region (and delays in their confirmation) rankle.

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Unpracticed in being challenged, it has chosen an outsized and ill-conceived response to it.

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