Word: hamming
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...waist and draped over my shoulder, enshrouds my body and defends my modesty from the menacing eyes of the dark. And as I lay in bed, immobilized by the heat, with the dissonant smells of sweet roasted corn and cow dung wafting through my open window, I am ham-fisted to find where I end and my environs begin...
...public defender, I see criminal defendants all too often choosing to represent themselves against the immense power of the government with their own meager devices [LAW, June 12]. They make ham-fisted tactical decisions and inevitably fail to pursue viable defenses. For all their criticisms of lawyers, after inevitable guilty verdicts, these unfortunates are forced to conclude there is no substitute for an attorney by their side, to speak for those who were unable to speak for themselves. IRENE PAI, DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER Orange County Public Defender's Office Orange, Calif...
...have been nice), but most didn't try to hide their jubilation when he left. Coelho had been a divisive figure inside Goreland, not so much because he fired top aides and cut off longtime advisers before the primaries (that was necessary) but because he was routinely imperious and ham-fisted in his dealings with staff. And he was a growing liability. A former U.S. Representative from California who resigned from Congress during a junk-bond scandal in 1989, Coelho is under investigation for alleged corruption as head of the American mission at the 1998 World Exposition in Portugal. (That...
...engaging the audience, Stetsko has a plan: "I intend to be a bit of a ham," she reveals...
...Watching a musical requires a certain willing suspension of disbelief: real people don't actually burst into song or ham it up as much as people in musicals do and audience members accept that in exchange for snappy, sappy songs, witty dialogue and the sheer entertainment value...