Word: haplessness
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This is the best bet of the week. Oddsmakers have made the Big Red a mere six-point favorite over the hapless Elis; this contest won't be close at all. Yale has shown no semblance of an offense all season long, and Cornell's rugged defensive line should shut them out with no difficulty. If quarterback Marty Sponaugle is still not healthy, Cornell may have some difficulty moving the ball. Although Yale's defense is reasonably good, however, they will probably not be able to stop the running of Pete Larson, who has a 6.0 yard rushing average...
...Well...," began the hapless student...
...only serious attempt to cope with the basic economic problems, to date, has been a proposal submitted by Ward P. Allen, U.S. alternate delegate to the O.A.S., which invited all member nations to help provide a refuge for these hapless people. Two major stumbling blocks to Allen's plan are the inability of most Latin American nations to support any extraneous groups and the chance that Castro will send a core of "agitators" with each group of refugees...
...Greece, but the Soviets are not likely to go so far as to back Turkey's desire for par tition of the island. The Turkish press blossomed with headlines when Kosygin promised the visiting Turks that the Kremlin would study ways to improve the living conditions of the hapless Turkish Cypriots. Though a new dollop of Soviet aid may come out of the trip, many Turks found Urguplii's junket to Moscow un settling. The thaw with Russia has had the effect of setting off a growing clam or by leftist politicians, intellectuals and editors that...
...hapless heroes of the Broadway musical Damn Yankees were so hopelessly stuck in seventh place that only the Devil could help them win the league pennant. It was art imitating life, except that in the late 1950s the Devil himself could not rescue the real-life Washington Senators. They were the most miserable team in the American League...