Word: amateurish
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...helped write the Arkansas paper, insists that the panel of experts will be able to either "verify or challenge" Miss Woods' version of what happened. "They'll nail her right down," he predicts. Other experts are not so certain. Kenneth Stevens, a professor at M.I.T., agrees that "an amateurish" tampering job could be readily detected, but he is not sure that the panel will be able to say with certainty whether a specific tape has been altered...
...features are horrid. Examination of such claims called for special experience and test precautions that are not part of a physicist's expertise. The premature publicity itself is simply unpardonable and may seriously damage the scientific image of parapsychology. Yet these men may be less amateurish than they appear, and they are certainly brave. Let us wait for the full report...
...agency relies heavily on paid informants. Many are poorly supervised and amateurish. But the FBI has been able to get inside countless organizations, including the Mafia, the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers, and Students for a Democratic Society...
...self-righteousness is probably mixed with self-interest in this case. The reporters who are most immediately hurt by the Caldwell decision are the elite. The New York Times can hardly be expected to care what happens to its amateurish competitors on the fringes of American journalism. But if the press's lobby is successful, we may soon find ourselves with shield laws which establish a privileged investigative elite, and sacrifice an important principle of the equality between all types of journalism and scholarship. Even in this dark time, when a strong press seems to be the best hope...
...irresolute trivia, ranging from a cabin full of autumn leaves (which, at least, the kids enjoyed throwing around), through numerous video pieces, to Charlotte Moorman-who enjoys a fame of sorts as the world's only topless cellist-playing her instrument under water. It was all so affably amateurish, like a transistorized rummage sale, that one gave up expectation...