Word: hapless
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...abuse in the government. Displaying his petulant side, Perot complained, "This is an interesting game we're playing today. It would have been nice if you would have told me you wanted to talk about this, and I'd have had all my facts with me." Shortly after this hapless performance, Perot announced that he plans to retreat from the spotlight for a while to commune with unnamed policy experts, as if he could acquire ideological direction off the shelf just like a business buying a state-of-the-art computer system...
...pushing and shoving between the police and the mob. An amateur videotape taken at the scene recorded a voice shouting over the police loudspeaker, "I want everybody out of here. Florence and Normandie. Everybody. Get out. Now." As the outnumbered police drove off, the rioting roared out of control. Hapless motorists caught in the intersection were dragged from their cars and beaten. Looting and arson broke out a block away. Lieut. Mike Moulin, the field commander who ordered the retreat, later defended his decision: "I didn't want ((the officers)) killed. It's really that simple...
John Michael Gibson renders a strong performance as Banquo, and Douglas Rosenberry's Duncan is also excellent. Wes Hill is hilarious as the hapless Porter who simply can't hold his liquor...
...have relished the Crimson's three homeruns, 16 hits and systematic pillaging of the hapless Terrier Nine...
...less experienced crews sometimes lose their composure and experience "crabs"--the colloquial term used to describe what happens when a rower doesn't push his or her blade out of the moving water behind it quickly enough. (The force of a "crab" is sometimes great enough to eject the hapless person out of the boat...