Word: bungler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Newton, Cantley described him as "that awful man" and a "conceited bungler" who "might have been inspired to take a little more care" if he had, in fact, been intent on murder...
...that, as the titles proclaim, actually took place in New York three years ago. It was one of those suffocatingly sticky days in late August when, supposedly, dogs go mad and people lose control, no longer able to keep their secret passions on ice. Sonny (Al Pacino), a nervous bungler, tries to pull off a heist in half an hour, scrambling the job so badly that it becomes an all-day extravaganza...
Within the union, Fitzsimmons has opponents who consider him a bungler. But so strong is the Teamsters' tradition of sticking with the man in power that the critics' major hope for unseating him at the union's 1976 elections is that Hoffa will somehow turn up alive, well and able to run in opposition. Failing that, Fitzsimmons could still face substantial opposition from dissatisfied Teamsters who do not like his leadership style. No strong opponent has surfaced so far. Last week, at a Boston convention of Teamsters representing warehousemen, Fitzsimmons moved through crowds of overfed...
...James W. McCord Jr., the conspirator who first started spilling the story of high officials' involvement, Hunt now portrays him as a bungler, "an electronic hitchhiker who shouldn't have been allowed on our operation...
...Nixon resign. "Looking at it from a perfectly coldblooded, hardheaded standpoint," Loeb wrote, "Mr. Nixon has destroyed his credibility and his support, not just with the left wing, but with the average American. They have no confidence in his ability or his skill. They see him as a discredited bungler...