But in more consequential situations he was an instinctive master of the art.
In all honesty, Clinton probably calculated that this new star in the White House won't be handed a rebuke consequential enough in 2010 -- no matter his performance -- to animate a credible challenge against him in the next round of Democratic primaries.
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Another, almost as consequential in the new system, would be whether to have children.
The utilization of existing road capacity will also be increased with a potential consequential reduction in journey times.
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Is this, as cheerleaders on both sides claim, the most consequential election in a generation, or will little change?
George Gilder rightly claims that the most consequential product in the second half of the 20th century, ahead of jet aircraft, is the microprocessor.
There have been consequential shifts in the kinds of brands making it to the top-100 (for the complete 2012 Loyalty Leaders listing, click here).
Under the Bill, MSPs would be directly responsible for 10p worth of income tax revenue - with a consequential reduction in the block grant from the Treasury.
Critics say that it could leave Scotland short of funds - depending upon how the consequential reduction in block grant is calculated - and who does the sums.
Still not consequential losses in context of Google overall.
That date in history may also be recalled as the beginning of a fundamental - and enormously consequential - sea change in the way the Bush administration thinks about, and performs, missile defense.
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But Knight is one of the electronic vanguard that has best used automation to become one of the most consequential equity traders in the world.
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His more consequential move came in 2006, when he started buying, from five law firms so far, the back-office operations handling foreclosure work: mailing notices, notifying homeowners and courts and filing the paperwork needed to seize a home.
In the weeks leading up to Monday's vote, described by Odinga as the most consequential since independence from the British in 1963, peace activists and clerics worked to ensure the election would be peaceful despite lingering tensions.
You hear him say often that this election in many ways might be more consequential than the last one.
Meanwhile, in North Carolina, a more consequential racially-charged dispute ended this week.
"All consequential money we receive in Wales, comes not as a UK government handout - it's money which rightly comes back to the Welsh taxpayer, as a consequence of spending decisions made in England, " it added.
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This is not only a diagnosis encoded in the narratives patients tell of symptoms, but also deep and therapeutically consequential understandings of the persons who bear symptoms are made possible in the course of hearing the narratives told of illness.
Provocatively, Mr. Taleb defines Black Swans as events (such as the rise of the Internet or the fall of LTCM) that are not only rare and consequential but also predictable only in retrospect.
Failing to meet the year-end deadline on striking a deal would amount to "the most colossal, consequential act of congressional irresponsibility in a long time, " said Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who caucuses with Democrats.
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While a sovereign default in any one of these European countries would not have a lasting or consequential impact on the capital markets as a whole, the real risk here, in my opinion, is the contagion effect that could spread to other larger European economies should the default not be contained to any one or two of the smaller economies.
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Senator LINDSAY GRAHAM (Republican, South Carolina): These resolutions are probably the most consequential non-binding resolution votes in the history of the Senate.
The media rights money and consequential conference realignments are increasing the disparity in programs.
Healthcare reform may well be the most consequential legislative action since the Great Society in the 1960s.
Representative BILL DELAHUNT (Democrat, Massachusetts): The most consequential decision that this country will make in the course of this year.
Perhaps the confrontation will not be that dramatic--the free-trade community often employs dramatic images in its warnings--but the decision will be consequential nonetheless.
It has been found that the most productive and consequential work is that conducted with a global perspective in mind, or one that addresses universal issues.
"The victim's consequential actions of reeling backwards and then forwards and your actions in response to that movement forward has to be seen against that background, " he added.
And if those rising corporate mortality rates were real, it would also show that banks were feeling increasingly confident that they have sufficient capital to absorb the consequential losses - which would also be a very positive sign, in that banks would also have sufficient capital to extend necessary credit to viable businesses.
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