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"In face of setbacks, it requires a steady hand on the tiller and the vision to see the bigger picture", says Dr Barber, saying that knee-jerk responses to failures could "cause damage and delay".

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"The Welsh government's hand was on the tiller and they should have made sure that this had been dealt with much more effectively and much more swiftly."

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It would have worked if supply and demand were holding the tiller.

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“All of our greatest moments from the past 20 years have come with Adrian’s hand on the technical tiller,” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said.

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The captain managed to use the nose wheel tiller to keep the plane near the runway centerline until the pedals unstuck.

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