Word: hapless
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...image of the map f-prime, by the exactness of the lower sequence, so we can pull it back to an element in a-prime, which it turns out is well defined modulo the image of alpha!” leading lady Jill Clayburgh crows. The hapless viewer, meanwhile, may wonder whether he’s accidentally rented a tape of the most recent lecture in Mathematics 272a: “Introduction to Algebraic Topology...
...local elections, a plan dear to the liberals' hearts. When a ruling party or coalition takes a popular idea away from its opponents, grabs credit for it, and even manages to get the opposition cheering, that's smart politics. But it's also a sign of just how hapless opposition parties are right now, not just in Italy but in countries across Europe, where opposition groups of all political persuasions are having trouble finding their way out of the woods. By getting out in front on a good idea, Fini provided yet another reminder that Italy's fractious left...
...quotient, getting one of their fruit smoothie-shakes (the lady manning the blender is generous to a fault with the fruit, but ask her for less syrup unless you want a serious case of the shakes) and retiring to the nearby park just up the street to smirk at hapless fools with patties lurking in their upsized Super Value Meals...
...gods of baseball work in mysterious?and intercontinental?ways. In Japan, where baseball is considered only slightly less important than breathing, Osaka's famously hapless Hanshin Tigers (one Series title in 68 years) cruised to a pennant this year and will face the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in the Japan Series this week. Across the pond, the Boston Red Sox, who haven't won a title since the end of World War I, are alive in the post-season, just one step away from the World Series. There are other similarities: each team plays second fiddle to an imperial rival...
...really do feel sorry for the hapless Yankees. They’re nothing but money and hype, and while money can buy 26 World Championships—it cannot buy heart. And heart will be the deciding factor this year, as the Sox show the Yankees what it means to play baseball and what it means to Cowboy...