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unforeseeable causes

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From 318 U.S. 120 - United States v. Brooks-Callaway Co. · 1943Most cited · 75 citing opinions

The purpose of the proviso to protect the contractor against the unexpected, and its grammatical sense both militate against holding that the listed events are always to be regarded as unforeseeable, no matter what the attendant circumstances are. Rather, the adjective 'unforeseeable' must modify each event set out in the 'including' phrase.