Word: hapless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most lovable spider in literature befriends a hapless barnyard pig named Wilbur and launches a campaign to save him from becoming someone's meal. The webs Charlotte weaves are tangled and enchanting. RUNNERS-UP The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis; A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle...
...your comment that the "hapless initiates" were seen "butchering that modern-day ballad by the Backstreet Boys," I can only assume that you did not see the performance. Those boys were in tune, and they made those outfits work! Did you notice that there were almost 200 Harvard students watching this performance, and laughing hysterically? I don't know when the last time you saw that large a group of students laughing together was, but it doesn't happen often enough...
Many may have been amused by the sight of hapless initiates butchering that modern-day ballad by the Backstreet Boys, but fewer were pleased when they brought their chickens into the classroom. How did professors feel when the first 15 minutes of their class were taken up by the vocal displays of these would-be club members? We bet they weren't all that happy...
However, that does not explain why Harvard took a 4-2 drumming at the hands of hapless Brown, a team who had yet to not a win and break a six-game losing streak...
...even get out the door by 7 on a good day. The style is strictly "business casual," which means no one under 30 wears a tie. Shemmer stresses how friendly the senior partners are, how receptive they are to analysts. It sounds suspiciously like a PR presentation for a hapless recruit. (Of course you'll have access to your professors! The dining hall food is delicious...