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Ways of Escape takes Greene from his mid-20s to the present, while making him seem just as inept and hapless as ever. This is not easy, given his spectacular career. So he dwells whenever possible on failure. He finds in two of his early novels "a badness beyond the power of criticism properly to evoke." He studies himself as a beginning writer and concludes: "I am not sure that I detect much promise in his work." He characterizes his low-echelon work with the British Secret Service during World War II as "futile." Occasionally, he has to confront...
...Orleans Saints, winless in their first 14 games, finally came up with their first victory yesterday, a 21-20 triumph over the hapless New York Jets, now 3-12, at Shea Stadium...
Although they call themselves hapless--a label from last season's dismal performances--the breaststroke squad looked anything but as sophomore Gwen Knapp and freshman Geralyn White went 1-2 in the 100 breast with times of 1:15.36 and 1:16.85. Knapp also finished second behind Kim in the 50 with a time...
Harvard had to its credit a six-game losing streak which it had snapped only the week before against hapless Penn, and the incredible loss of five QBs, two to academic troubles and three to injuries...
Harvard had to its credit a six-game losing streak which it had snapped only the week before against hapless Penn, and the incredible loss of five QBs, two to academic troubles and three to injuries...