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Haley got an unexpected boost this past week when CNN anchor Don Lemon maladroitly referred to her, at age 51, as “past her prime,” a comment with clear sexist meaning.

But when Mr. Newhouse deemed a magazine’s direction “screwy,” he didn’t hesitate to fire editors, sometimes so maladroitly that they first found out about their dismissals on television or in the gossip columns.

Film history is filled with movies that have been mangled by their producers, maladroitly distributed and generally born under a bad sign — they are often misunderstood by critics and consequently difficult to see.

At Claremont McKenna College in California, protesters forced the resignation of the dean of students because she maladroitly suggested that the school needed to do more for those who did not fit the “C.M.C. mold.”

You can watch BlackBerry CEO John S. Chen fumbling with the phone, hands hovering maladroitly above its screen and signature retractable keyboard, in an exclusive on-camera interview with Business News Network.