Word: haplessness
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Some things about reading period are inevitable. The professor who you thought was so "dynamic" reminding you in the flourish of his last lecture that "extension is not a word in my vocabulary." There is always the hapless search for the book, first in the upstairs catalogue, then in the bowels of the Union catalogue; the trek to Countway or Tozzer or some other library in the hinterland and, finally, the gaping hole on the shelf. The time spent on the second floor of the Coop, pawing the record racks in search of a disc that you don't really...
...usually somnolent annual congressional review of the Federal Trade Commission this year has resembled a West Waterford fox hunt, where packs of baying Irish hounds chase the hapless beast to ground. In both the House and Senate, committees have voted to reduce drastically the commission's powers. After the Senate Commerce Committee voted 15 to 0 last week to restrict the agency's authority and require it to submit to semiannual review, Missouri Republican John Danforth said: "If this doesn't stop them, I don't know what will...
Columbia would like nothing better than to spoil Bernal's return, but frankly they haven't got a prayer. The Lions have developed in recent years a reputation as the most obnoxious team in the Eastern League (their totally uncalled for 102-11 romp over hapless Penn last season is a case in point), and it is extremely doubtful that even their notoriously shady home officiating can rescue them from their fate this weekend...
...coach Joe Restic and his charges will not take the hapless Philadelphians lightly, perhaps mindful of that locale's responsibility for Breyer's Ice Cream and the U.S. Constitution. A team on its worst losing streak in 30 years cannot afford to take anyone lightly...
Bill Walsh, coach of the hapless San Francisco '49ers: "We have a young team. Some of the guys are in their first year and some of them may be in their last year...