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  • During the convention, Democrats will be running a TV ad in 21 states charging the president has mishandled the economy.
  • The manner in which he mishandled the Reid situation was indicative of his inadequacies.
  • It is set on the trial day of the client whose case she allegedly mishandled. Times, Sunday Times
  • His office said Iowa will take the lead in coordinating with about 40 other states investigating allegations of mishandled foreclosures. Obama won't sign bill that would affect foreclosure proceedings
  • Instead there is advice on how bloggers should interact with their readers and a caution about how celebrities mishandle their public wrongdoings. Dale Carnegie's self-help bible gets a new life for the digital age
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  • He did mishandle his book of checks when he was trying to put it on the counter. It Must Be Noon Somewhere : Bev Vincent
  • The defense argued that police mishandled blood drops from the crime scene, making the results of DNA testing unreliable.
  • The operative theory right now, is that it was not espionage involved, rather some employee who perhaps mishandled the disks, and then felt like he was going to get in trouble, so he secretly put them back.
  • This detector is a very delicate instrument; it'll go wrong if it's mishandled.
  • Razorfish are a little like squid and can be rubbery when mishandled.
  • The sketchy dynamics of the central relationships are just one of many problems in Novocaine, an ambitious but mishandled, miscast hybrid that provides little in the way of thrills.
  • It makes such a refreshing contrast to the way that major building projects are mishandled here. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy as well as all of the alternative principal voice actors will be behind to mishandle the hothouse classics. Archive 2009-11-01
  • Dubos might've also mentioned that Royal Alexander had some ethical challenges relating to the scandalous Mark Foley emails, which he "royally" mishandled, in my view. Archive 2007-10-01
  • It's like the EU: brilliant idea in theory, but an absolute bloody mishandled, unmitigated disaster.
  • The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.
  • That might have been enough to ease public concern, but the administration badly mishandled the process. Times, Sunday Times
  • The equipment could be dangerous if mishandled.
  • He added that the corporation had mishandled a previous controversy over faked scenes involving polar bear cubs. Times, Sunday Times
  • He has to stop blaming others and recognise that local councillors badly mishandled this situation.
  • People are starting to ask whether or not the warning and evacuation was mishandled.
  • It would be easy for an actor to mishandle any of these threads, to overplay key moments by slipping into self-indulgence.
  • The government has mishandled the whole affair.
  • But the praise is neither universal nor complete, and there are many who assert that Mr. Cuomo has, not unlike his predecessor, been more interested in headlines than in undertaking the tedious chores needed to bring lasting reform, and that he has mishandled, sidestepped or prolonged some public integrity cases. Andrew Cuomo's Record as Attorney General Draws Mixed Views
  • But the IG report shows that Gonzales did more than "mishandle" his notes, which included operational details on what he himself, somewhat ironically, called -- after it had leaked -- Legitgov
  • The Mets did not "mishandle" Church's injury - concussion management is generally trial and error MetsBlog.com
  • John goes thither and has sought till he found her, and he imparts to her how greatly he desires her to come; never let any excuse detain her; for Fenice and Cliges summon her to a tower where they await her; for Fenice is sore mishandled, and she must come provided with salves and electuaries, and let her know that the lady will live no longer if she succour her not speedily. Cligés. English
  • For this reason, frozen fish products mishandled in transit or during storage will be less than the stated grade quality.
  • That might have been enough to ease public concern, but the administration badly mishandled the process. Times, Sunday Times
  • While you may not care, you could conceivably be impeached if this situation is mishandled.
  • When her office mishandled a serious case involving child abuse, she wrote to the child's parents apologising and later met them.
  • This detector is a very delicate instrument; it'll go wrong if it's mishandled.
  • The charities say that the clearance of the camp has been mishandled and younger refugees should have been given protection. Times, Sunday Times
  • With the pensions negotiations edging towards farce, ministers fear that if they continue to mishandle the issues, there is a greater risk that they will lose the PR battle and the public could end up supporting the teachers and civil servants if and when they go on strike. The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain
  • This detector is a very delicate instrument; it'll go wrong if it's mishandled.
  • Last week, you were fairly critical of the Australian Sports Commission saying that they had mishandled the drug inquiry and they said you were ill-informed and had been in the loop since day one.
  • It makes such a refreshing contrast to the way that major building projects are mishandled here. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the IG report shows that Gonzales did more than "mishandle" his notes, which included operational details on what he himself, somewhat ironically, called -- after it had leaked -- "one of the most highly protected [programs] in the United States ... a very, very secretive, protected program," and correspondence between congressional Intelligence Committee leaders and CIA chief Gen. Michael Hayden. TPMMuckraker
  • The prime minister admitted that the crisis had been mishandled.
  • And there's always the danger that electronic evidence will be overlooked or mishandled, reducing its usefulness in a court case.
  • The prime minister admitted that the crisis had been mishandled.
  • Our company lost an important order because the directors mishandled the whole affair.
  • He mishandled multiple punts, so veteran Troy Edwards will handle punt returns Week 1 in Pittsburgh.
  • But that CRU mishandled their public relations so badly is quite revealing as to the preparation of the entrance of the institutions into brave new webbed world. Who is pulling the strings? | Serendipity
  • A sensitive child should not be mishandled.
  • Who doesn't "mishandle" -- i.e., misplace, loose, forget where they left -- the tuition check, the gas bill, keys, glasses, the grocery list, and yes, even take-home work -- at least once in awhile? Legitgov
  • The equipment could be dangerous if mishandled.
  • Failures during this period are more likely to occur from a television being dropped or mishandled than from a failure of parts.
  • Despite their sometimes colorful labels, many garden chemicals are highly dangerous if mishandled and have no place in a garden with young children.
  • Health-care reform, his first hope, was woefully mishandled.
  • The government has mishandled the whole affair.
  • I found myself in a situation that I'd never even considered, and totally mishandled it.
  • But there's even less doubt that it's increasing the stakes for management that mishandles the process.
  • Fowler hurdled Utley, who stepped into the basepath to field Todd Helton's (FSY) slow grounder, and his quick flip to second base was wide right and mishandled for an error by Rollins. Phils rally past Rox to advance to NLCS vs. Dodgers
  • The prime minister admitted that the crisis had been mishandled.
  • The Department of Transportation issues statistics each month on the rate at which airlines "mishandle" luggage -- that is, don't deliver it to you with your flight. Why Your Bags
  • He was quite blunt and critical about the way the authorities had mishandled the situation and gave many thought provoking suggestions as to how this problem could be remedied.
  • The main reason they failed most of the time is that players missed shots or mishandled passes.
  • They mishandled the trust that they were handed in a publicly held corporation with stockholder money, and of course the retirement funds of the very valuable employees.
  • The couple agree with the Commission's conclusion that the prelaunch teleconference was mishandled.
  • The government has mishandled the whole affair.
  • Palestinian moderates fear that the statehood move, if mishandled or misapprehended, could set into motion a chain of violent events ultimately spelling the demise of the Palestinian Authority, and dealing a telling blow to any timetable for an independent Palestine. Bradley Burston: Ten Reasons Palestine Is Right to Bring its Case to the UN
  • He was quite blunt and critical about the way the authorities had mishandled the situation and gave many thought provoking suggestions as to how this problem could be remedied.
  • It is set on the trial day of the client whose case she allegedly mishandled. Times, Sunday Times

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