Word: haplessness
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...first time in a way that brought us dignity and the right to talk of the Red Sox as "our" team--until our sharp fall from grace after the game. Harrelson was at bat, two men on, no outs. This was the weakest link in the rally, this hapless outfielder from the Kansas City A's who still carried that team's curse of failure. We knew that and took responsibility out of Harrelson's hands...
...when Woodruff, then one of the road's few able executives, took over as a court-appointed trustee. He needed only two years to get the company out of receivership; a year later, as president, he was able to announce a $1 common-stock dividend-first for the hapless Erie in 69 years...
...Where's the Sniper?" Smashing gun butts and barrels into hapless suspects, the officers kept asking: "Where's the sniper?" One by one, the room's terrified occupants were ordered into adjoining rooms for more intensive interrogation. While no witness claimed to have seen the actual killings, survivors agree that at least two of the dead youths were taken away and that subsequently shots were heard. Later, the sprawled bodies of the three youths were found lying in blood from buckshot wounds. At week's end, two policemen were formally charged with first-degree murder. Also...
...Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, attached himself to the former champ during the first day of the trial, Clay refused to lend himself to Black Power demagoguery. And when U.S. Attorney Morton Susman, who both likes and admires Clay, suggested that "the Greatest" was nothing more than a hapless dupe of the Muslims, who had used him for their own political ends, Clay quickly interjected: "If I can say so, sir, my religion is not political...
...over hapless Brandeis tomorrow will assure Harvard of the Greater Boston League crown. And if the Crimson wins over strong Holy Cross Saturday, they could be selected to represent this area in the N.C.A.A. post-season tournament at Fenway Park. Harvard 11, Northeastern 2 ab r h bi Cobb 5 1 4 3 Cunningham 1 0 0 0 Smith 1 0 1 0 Hootstein 5 1 1 2 Lord 5 0 1 0 O'Donnell 4 0 2 0 Karegeannes 3 2 1 0 Hall 4 3 2 1 Manchester 3 2 0 1 Peters 3 0 1 3 Chiofaro...