Word: hapless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Juppe calls it "premature," and liberals who formerly advocated expansion are having second thoughts. "I can only advise utmost caution when thinking about moving NATO eastward," says former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher. "We should not exclude Russia." Among the few remaining advocates of early enlargement are the hapless Central European countries with better reasons than Russia to fear for their security. Yeltsin's flip-flop caused acute anxiety in Warsaw, Prague and Budapest. "Poland's striving toward NATO is irreversible," said Foreign Minister Krzysztof Skubiszewski. "We are against placing Poland in the gray zone between East and West...
...absurd! A school of unshowered, poorly dressed rock stars have done much more for Seattle's reputation than have either the hapless Mariners or Seahawks...
Workers at the store, so named because "if youneeded it yesterday, we'll do our best," can calla centuries-old tune just by a hapless consumer'svague humming...
...victory over the hapless Lions (0-2-0, 0-1-0 Ivy) and a 0-0 overtime draw yesterday at Maine was a satisfying start, according to Coach Tim Wheaton...
...believe Senator Simon's assertion that the TV, insidiously taking hold of one's brain, forces the hapless viewer to imitate of all the behavior depicted thereon, we may deduce from the Senator's wardrobe that it has been a long time since he watched. The idea that a man who is known more for his garish bow ties and his grotesquely proportioned earlobes may well decide what can and cannot be beamed into American households is just as frightening as America's violence problem...