Can't I/O select a keyword clip?

I have a bunch of clips in an event. I have gone through these clips making selections and assigning keywords to the selections (such as "man plus car" or " happy face". In some cases I have assigned keywords to the whole clips too (such as "day 1"). Some selections I have assigned two or more keywords (eg "man and car", "happy face") and the selection might be within a whole clip with an assigned keyword or within a larger selection with an associated keyword.
I presume all that is quite standard. I can now click on a single keyword in the event list and see all clips associated with that keyword - including some clips that might be associated with other key words as well as the one I selected.
So, I click on a keyword (happy face) and see a list of clips. I then select a clip , play it through and decide I want just a few seconds in the middle. I can't make a selection. When I try to drag a yellow box the clip selection changes to the first clip in the list. Using I and O key commands does not work properly either. If I try to edit the resulting yellow box then the same thing happens: suddenly my clip changes selection to the first clip in the list.
I find this really odd. Can anyone work out what I am either doing wrong or what I need to do to sort things out? (Delete prefs?)
This weird behaviour has also lead to crashing of fcp and usual error reporting to apple.
I'm editing native hdv on a three year old macpro with latest OS and fcp x. 16GB memory and non raid internal sata disks.

Thanks for the response.
I have trashed prefs and its no different. I have also repaired permissions for good measure.
I think I have honed down the issue:
Take a long(ish) clip and assign a key word to the whole thing (eg: wholething)
Make three (say) short selections in the clip and give them each the same key word (eg : smile)
Now in the event library you should see two key word entries for wholething and smile. Click wholething and you will see a single clip in the clip list; click smile keyword and you will see three clips in the clip list. All fine.
Problem:
In List View (it has to be list view!) and with your smile keyword selected in the event library, try clicking on the third clip down. you'll see a film strip thing at the top, fine. now try making a selection. It first appears to work but as you release your mouse or when you press "I" (or "o") the first clip in the list becomes selected and your filmstrip preview changes to reflect this. Also that first clip reveals its associated keywords (which would be both smile and wholething) and the keyword wholething is selected. (as opposed to the parent clip title)
If I click the clip I was trying to work on, my selection is in fact in place and I can press E, W, Q to make an edit etc. But I have to click on that clip to get it selected again!
It works like this every time for me.
It works perfectly fine if I am using filmstrip view. I can select portions of any clip by dragging the mouse or using I/O keys. I can then just press E,W etc to make an edit.
Note: If I remove the all encompassing keyword "wholething", then making selections in keyword clips "smile" works as it should.
It seems you cannot have a keyword encompassing other keywords, if you want things to work properly.
FWIW I am working this way as I have placed the keyword "interview" on every (camera) clip that is interview footage. I have then selected "interview" in the event browser and gone through the clips marking subjects of discussion. these subjects areas were marked pretty roughly and I might only need a few words from one subject on my timeline. I want to select parts of the keyworded clip before updating my timeline (sorry, I mean "project" -ha)!
I hope all this makes sense!

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