Word: amateurishly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kremlin may have had the motive, but many Western intelligence experts question whether the KGB would have engineered so amateurish a murder attempt. Says a British government analyst: "The repercussions of a Soviet assassination of the Pope would have been of such horrendous proportions that it would seem only a fool or a madman could have authorized it?and Andropov is neither." Arguments that the plot against John Paul was too clumsy to be the work of Soviet security may overestimate the KGB's sophistication. Says the FBI'S O'Malley: "We have an enormous respect for them as adversaries...
...example of this). More often though, satire is inappropriate because it could not be made to work well in a particular instance. The Review claims "We believe in the horselaugh as a weapon against pipsqueaks in power," and it acts on this belief with satires ranging from the amateurish and low to the amusing. The problem, obviously, is the former, and even to give the paper the benefit of the doubt by conceding that its more offensive satires were inspired not by racism but by misapplied zeal does not excuse the Review. Irresponsible journalistic techniques cannot be condoned, especially...
...multi-talented Yazbeck probably should have figured out the choreography by himself as well. Credited to "the cast," the dance arrangements are sloppy and amateurish. Only about half of the ensemble demonstrates any real feel for the rhythm, and the rest make do with what they remember from high school hops. Worst of all, everyone keeps spilling into the audience to distribute flowers and fake LSD tabs. Yazbeck and Co. should worry less about drawing people into the action and more about the human demolition derby taking place back on the stage...
...trying to implement the national ideal of equality at the expense of the competing traditions of liberty and laissez-faire government. The second theme, the rampant inflation that topped 12 percent in 1980, he attributes to excessive federal government spending--notaby for the Vietnam War--but mostly from amateurish and inconsistent attempts to fine-tune a massive economy whose reactions could be predicted broadly at best...
...understands intramural sports? Maybe no one What are they? No one can be sure Call them "House athletics" asnd, oh yeah, now you've got the picture. Hyers on the breakfast table, sign-up posters on the bulletin board. House athletics: slightly amateurish, organized by House secretaries who with a few exceptions, aren't too organized Sports that constantly change, games that take place all the time, all hours of the day, every day of the week. Sweat clad athletes who journey across the river and back to play, forked constants amid the change...