Word: hapless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Above all, though, is Sinatra's urgent sincerity, which persuades the listener that for the moment at least, the singer and his song are one. In real life, Sinatra may bully hapless casino dealers and harass would-be biographers, but in concert with a chorus of moppets on High Hopes he seems a natural to lead next year's third-grade outing. And when Sinatra sings that definitive barroom lament, One for My Baby, even a teetotaler is tempted to light up a cigarette and order one more for the road. Now that is bel canto indeed...
...competitor reportedly fell out of his seat when his oar got snagged on his own boat. The hapless athlete did, however, resume his place, and completed the race...
...more reasonable and cautious analysis of the late Stratten's hapless situation centers around the perceptions and nature of Americans themselves: In contrast to Europeans, Americans have apparently failed to integrate different aspects of life. They tend to compartmentalize love, sex, work, etc. But is this a sufficient excuse for Americans to prevent a woman from being treated as an object of sexual desire and an intelligent human being at the same time? Male idols like Richard Gere, Robert Redford, Sylvester Stallone, and Tom Selleck have been able to exploit their masculine appeal without losing control of their lives...
...space here for these flowers," she laments, looking around at the polished, unoccupied tabletops of the Quincy JCR. "So many people have sent flowers already." In later scenes Hedda's envious comments about Mrs. Elvsted's long hair ring oddly when directed at Gray, whose hair is short; the hapless Gray is forced to cry. "Let me go, let me go" at a Hedda who is supposedly grasping her by the hair and threatening to "burn it off," while Cohen barely touches her. Most incomprehensibly, Lovborg's all-important manuscript--surely not a tough prop to come...
...fact, the Crimson and the Bruins appeared quite uninterested in the fact that both their Ivy seasons were on the line. A pair of hapless offenses gave the ball back and forth for more than half the game before a ballcarrier finally visited the end zone...