Appointed in 2010, Guevara inherited what most would view as an overwhelming and even insurmountable set of issues, all of which were beyond her control.
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It is too early to say whether the airlines will be able to claim that the circumstances of the current dispute were beyond their control.
The picture that emerges is a president who was, like Truman, ahead of his time in some regards but who was undermined by events that, in the beginning at least, were beyond his control.
"At the end of the day, I keep telling myself that we're really a victim of capital market conditions that were beyond our control, " says Joseph Cece , chief executive officer of Digital Access (nasdaq: CACS - news - people ), a Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Sometimes the struggles we go through are the result of choices we made, and sometimes they are the result of consequences that were completely beyond our control.
"They did give an apology but as the session went on, I think they were drawing back from that and saying, look, there were events beyond our control, " John McFall, the committee chair, told me afterwards.
"There were three things hurting the stock that were beyond management's control, "Gray explains.
Northumbrian Water said it was confident the steps would improve the bathing water, but added there were sources of pollution beyond its control.
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To be sure, Obama has been battered by a series of struggles, starting with the economy, but including a series of events that were at least initially beyond his control -- from the Gulf oil disaster to a Republican minority that by any objective standard has tried to block him at every single turn -- and dragged down his approval ratings.
The late-comers were apologetic and pointing fingers at circumstances beyond their control.
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We feel powerless, as if we were now pushed to and fro by forces far beyond our control.
Mr Hicks said he had always spoken in good faith, but added that if lawyers insisted the report were not to be published, it would be beyond his control.
All the biosocial boxes were checked: He was at heightened risk for committing violence for reasons beyond his control.
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