Discussing the purpose of life on earth, its unwieldiness regularly defeats the best efforts of famous maestros.

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But the unwieldiness of the Android Market has frustrated some developers, many of whom believe they could be more successful if the store was better organized.

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Such unwieldiness combines with only brief forays to Brussels by ministers to hand vast dollops of power to their officials, especially to the Committee of Permanent Representatives, better known by its French acronym, Coreper (see our next article).

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