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Word: hapless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coming off two tough matches against Princeton and Penn, though, the Crimson was anything but loving toward their hapless neighbors. Except for Scott Mead's 17-15 third-game squeaker, none of the games was close...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Racquetmen Coast Past MIT; Engineers Learn a Little Math | 2/16/1977 | See Source »

...fellow film craftsmen, who rarely betray the slightest knowledge of their medium's past and who have in the last year or so trashed all kinds of potentially interesting material (Gable and Lombard, W.C. Fields, the early screen cowboys in Hearts of the West, not to mention the hapless Rin Tin Tin) while seeking a market in movie nostalgia that has so far been more apparent than real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The First Picture Shows | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

...weak-willed mother's boy in search of a wife and a way to untie the apron strings. Hunt doesn't sting all that well, but his comic sense is more than adequate, and he manages to stop the show a few times with broad gestures and a bewildered, hapless expression...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Soft Mattress, Sweet Pea | 12/7/1976 | See Source »

From there it was all Radcliffe. Every time the hapless Emmanuel offense tried spark a fast break, the Crimson defense was there to make them look silly. First Hildy Meyers grabbed a steal, followed by two Ellen Hart conversions, and a steal by freshman Loretta Christiansen...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: 'Cliffe Hoopsters Outshoot Emmanuel, 76-35 | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

...Boston Celtics used a balanced attack to beat the heralded Denver Nuggets, 112-108, while John Havlicek tied Hal Green's NBA record by playing in his 1222 regular season game. At Landover, Md., the Boston Bruins overpowered the hustling but hapless Washington Capitals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celtics, Bruins Bag Wins | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

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