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Word: hapless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then it was Schernecker's turn. The 6-ft., 7-in. banger had appeared hapless in Harvard's opening game of the season, commiting four turnovers and three fouls in 11 minutes...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Manhattan Ambushes Men Cagers 81-69; Schernecker Leads Frosh Comeback Try | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...last night's 86-50 massacre of a hapless MIT squad in front of 300 fans at Briggs Athletic Cage confirmed that fact...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Men Cagers Take MIT to School, 86-50 | 12/11/1985 | See Source »

...reality, not even Noah's Ark could save the drowning Bulldogs at this point--and the goal-hungry Crimson romped all over the hapless hosts to move into a tie for third place in the Ivies...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Booters Bite Bulldogs, 3-0; Preserve Ivy Title Hopes | 10/30/1985 | See Source »

...salesman is now being made into a TV movie for PBS in New York City. The film, being produced by former Princeton students of Bellow's, has delighted the author, and last week he visited the set to make a cameo appearance walking down a hotel corridor past his hapless protagonist, Tommy Wilhelm, played by Robin Williams. The Nobel laureate has no ambitions about an Emmy. "I don't expect to add anything unless something of my absurdity comes through," says Bellow the actor. Bellow the writer was not tempted by the medium either. "I was approached to write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 21, 1985 | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

...hapless Pittsburgh Pirates finished in last place in the National League Eastern Division this year, amid scandals of drug use by players...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CMU Buys Pirate Share | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

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