Word: hapless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fortunately, before the skies threatened, the Crimson provided some thunder and lightning of their own. Pounding out 14 hits and running the bases with abandon, the nine put the hapless Smith squad to shame...
...weeks on the job, he had succeeded, despite the difficulties inherent in his work, in winning both the respect and the affection of the press. Brady, called "the Bear" because, well, he looks a bit like one, has a broad relish for life beyond politics. That enthusiasm embraces the hapless Chicago Cubs, gourmet cooking and, of course, his wife Sarah, whom he calls "Raccoon" because, well, he thinks she looks like...
Varsity level status apparently agrees with the men's volleyball squad if last night's 3-0 shellacking of a hapless University of Massachusetts team is any indication...
...like a hostess who forgets to serve her prized dessert so that afterward only she knows what the guests have missed, the icewomen left their aggressive skating in the locker room during the second period of both their contests, suffered two hapless losses, and settled for a disappointing sixth place...
Harvard's full-court press proved so effective the hoopsters left it on all game and racked up the points as a hapless Big Red squad could only gasp and wheeze with indignation. The cagers, who received the same treatment earlier in the year from nationally ranked Minnesota, must have experienced the sweet sensation of revenge...