Word: hapless
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...tribunal. But the U.S. didn't even think to try. And rather than wait for the establishment of a democratically elected Iraqi government to figure out what to do, the U.S. turned over the process for devising rules for the trials to the Iraqi Governing Council, the group of hapless exiles appointed by the Administration in June 2003 and promptly dumped a few months later. Once the Governing Council decided that the death penalty could be administered in war-crimes cases, most U.N. offices and international human-rights groups refused to take even an advisory role in the proceedings...
...exquisite tabloid fashion, Milne blamed his behavior on a combination of migraine medication and alcohol. And not only was this hackneyed excuse accepted, his Murdoch employers attacked their former colleague, the hapless victim...
...Well, of course there was, as there is every four years. There was a World Cup, stupid. There was a monthlong celebration of the global game, played to the highest levels, with the usual mixture of sublime skill (the early performances by Argentina and Spain), promise unfulfilled (England's hapless, overpaid team), bad luck (Australia's exit), bad behavior (Portugal) and a controversy for the ages (Zin?dine Zidane's head butt?which, by the way, was the moment when YouTube made it into the consciousness of a whole collection of fogies who had hitherto been blithely unaware of its existence...
...political thrillers. The horrors of Amin’s regime are suggested more than seen, nearly excusing Garrigan’s blindness to them. The extent of Amin’s crimes is not revealed until late in the game, when gruesome images begin to pile up around the hapless doctor. The film is brought to life by expert camerawork and Alex Heffes’ striking music. Upon Garrigan’s arrival, authentic African music from the 1970s captures the exotic flair of the new country. But as the story unfolds, darker orchestral music, the sort normally associated with...
...Brown-Harvard winner get comfortable.Prediction: Penn 30, Villanova 17DARTMOUTH (0-1) VS. NO. 1 NEW HAMPSHIRE (2-0)This is close to as big of an offensive mismatch as you could possibly find in a game with an Ivy participant. Dartmouth is miserable woeful inept hapless at moving the chains, with only 11 first downs, 170 yards of offense, and zero poised quarterbacks (apologies, Mr. Tom Bennewitz) in the opener. New Hampshire, on the other hand, is the top-ranked team in 1-AA, on the strength of the seventh-best offense in the nation. And that is deceptive, because...