And now the German finance minister, Theo Waigel, has ineptly thrown the whole project into crisis.

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In 1992 he tried ineptly to clarify the question of the royal succession.

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The chief prosecutor in the city of Grosseto told reporters that the vessel had "very ineptly got close to Giglio".

BBC: Costa Concordia: Two more bodies found in Italian ship

If that assumption proves faulty, the military could end up wasting whatever money it saves on contractors by executing necessary activities ineptly.

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The Fed and Treasury may have handled the crisis ineptly so far, but the U.S. and every other economic power know only too well the lessons of the Great Depression.

FORBES: It's Time to Buy

Generators ineptly housed in a basement were inundated.

CNN: Olive-Drab Bureaucrats

Over the last twenty years, once-dominant companies (think AOL, HP, and even Microsoft) rise and fall based more on new killer apps than the heavy thumb of regulators pressing ineptly on the scales of justice.

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We'd just love it if you invited us over to your house and you ineptly picked out a couple of songs for us, then set it to muzak mode to provide us with some relaxing background tunes.

ENGADGET: Please don't buy a Yamaha Internet keyboard if you're inviting us over

Watching the trial live on television, or standing outside the court building listening to the proceedings through loudspeakers, Filipinos did not know whether to laugh or cry, as a bumbling prosecution team ineptly set about trying to prove that Mr Estrada was a villain who should forthwith be removed from office.

ECONOMIST: The Philippines