Word: haplessness
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...blacks to conclude that someone is plotting their extinction. But, as Harvard political scientist Martin Kilson points out, it is "a long way from believing some whites would like to - exterminate blacks to believing they are capable of doing so." Conspiracy theories insult blacks by suggesting that they are hapless victims powerless to resist a racist scheme. They imply that the African Americans who have become mayors and police chiefs in dozens of cities are either willing participants in the plot or inept dupes...
Still, there is plenty of wisecracking humor and suspense in this tale of two hapless Marines (ably played by Victor Love and Michael Dolan) who accidentally kill a squad mate while disciplining him, then find that the officers who ordered the discipline are lying to protect their own careers. Sorkin's weakest point is character, and the defending attorneys are pure stereotype: a brittle bundle of nerves who pines to be with his family (Mark Nelson), a gifted but ineffectual idealist (Megan Gallagher, in the only unconvincing performance) and the outwardly casual, inwardly intimidated son of a famous father (Hulce...
...week's step, which in practical terms will apply to a small portion of transactions. Tourists are generally asked to pay in foreign currency for lodging, transit and food. And as Soviet citizens know painfully well, the ruble is virtually worthless in the domestic economy. Moscow cabbies speed past hapless hailers unless they hold up something more enticing: a greenback or a pack of Marlboro cigarettes...
...matters. He will not take fees for speaking, will not serve on corporate boards, dropped his $3 million-a-year Secret Service detail. His passion remains power and influence. Nancy Reagan's memoirs report that Nixon called the White House in 1987 and offered his services to urge the hapless Don Regan to quit as chief of staff...
This turns out to be T.R. (Tyler Rose), the only child of Deck's only marriage. She has read in Parade magazine that he is "the richest writer in the world" and has decided to lay some expensive guilt on him for 22 years of neglect. He -- as hapless as any sitcom daddy -- rushes off to rescue her from her low-rent life in Houston. When he gets there, he finds that his daughter is a foul-mouthed, dope-smoking mother of two small children, both of whose fathers are in prison...