• The Deripaska episode epitomises what some regard as his biggest flaw: though clever, he is sometimes impetuous and a compulsive political game-player.

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  • " But pride and tension ensure that a pre-emptive strike on the Telmarine court is a fiasco. ("Peter the Impetuous" might be a more fitting moniker.) None of this is in Lewis, but the thwarted assault is the most exciting set piece in the picture and would not look out of place beside Peter Jackson's work in "Lord of the Rings.

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  • The younger, impetuous Robin has a few things to learn from the calmer, more experienced Nightwing, though there is obviously some tension bubbling beneath the surface.

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  • The biggest of these is Under the Sea Journey of the Little Mermaid, where riders sit in clamshell-shaped cars while an animatronic Ariel, her pals Scuttle and Sebastian and the evil Ursula retell of the story of the mermaid princess and her impetuous pursuit of a human prince.

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  • Murtaza is impetuous, arrogant and convinced of a right to lead conferred by birth.

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  • Re-establishing uninterrupted earnings growth momentum will be extremely difficult with an impetuous management style, and with a growing track record of surprising both customers and investors.

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  • Until the past decade or so, it had been accepted wisdom in the genetics community that only the tiniest percentage of the human genome contains the instructions that determine how we look, feel and act whether we (or our ancestral population group) are more likely to be grumpy or gregarious, impetuous or cautious, generous or a Grinch, a speedster or a marathoner, slow-witted or a math ace.

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  • The British were drawn into a confrontation against their better judgment by the impetuous Gordon.

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  • Even friends of Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's president, admit he can be impetuous, secretive, and hostile towards independent advice, but they seem unlikely to kick up a fuss.

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