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...hapless Pittsburgh Pirates finished in last place in the National League Eastern Division this year, amid scandals of drug use by players...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CMU Buys Pirate Share | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

Lafayette capitalized on Columbia turnovers to blank the hapless Lions, 20-0, Saturday at Easton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Roundup | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...Harvard, the test is to adjust from playing a highly motivated mediocre team in the first half of its season opener against Columbia Saturday and a hapless mediocre team in the second half...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Gridders Take Aim on Minutemen Today | 9/28/1985 | See Source »

That score gave the Crimson, which had appeared hapless at the half, four touchdowns in less than eight minutes...

Author: By Bob Cunha and Nick Wurf, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Gridders Earn Come-From-Behind Victory | 9/21/1985 | See Source »

...scenes on the gritty sidewalks of Manhattan allow Berger to find a more congenially savage mode, incorporating an authentic urban snarl into his impeccable diction. His hapless narrator enjoys perfect security by disguising himself as a wino ("That there is no effective form of defense against a derelict is an irreducible truth of city life"). Even the deposed Prince of Saint Sebastian hustles a string of personal appearances, with the Firm as his agent. But these passages make up a mere fraction of the book. As for the rest, one can only agree with a neighborhood hooker who unburdens herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dicey Clams Nowhere by Thomas Berge | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

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