Vagaries of nature and some vandalism have taken a heavy toll on the Ajanta Caves. The vagaries of the preservation process can make fossils difficult to interpret. Steeped in irony, the five-minute epilogue underscores the vagaries of fate. Such wines would have also withstood time and the vagaries of transportation much better. Agricultural products were subject to unstable prices and the vagaries of the weather. Shillong is subject to vagaries of the monsoon. In the 1970s and 1980s, Panama's growth fluctuated with the vagaries of the world economy. Chance, luck, and even the vagaries of the weather played crucial roles. To reach the plateau, the expedition must deal with the vagaries of politics. Haiti's defense fell victim to political vagaries. In nineteenth century Europe, the vagaries of diet were thought to be responsible. None of the vagaries of this controversy were discussed in any depth. Names for specific styles of collars vary with the vagaries of fashion. The idea was also to hedge itself against the vagaries of iron ore prices. The English merchants were sensitive to the vagaries of fashion.