Word: haplessness
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Loyal Rebels. Last week, faced with threat of open (and quite probably bloody) civil war, Sukarno proclaimed a "state of siege and war," asked his dissident military commanders to confer with him in Djakarta. As the colonels began winging in, hapless Premier Sastroamidjojo drove up to the presidential palace on a humid tropical night and handed his chief, from a thin blue portfolio, his resignation. To try to put together another government, Sukarno named the little-known head of Sastroamidjojo's Nationalist Party, an ex-mayor of Djakarta named Suwirjo...
Dudley was as hapless as ever against Leverett, despite Krikor Der Hohannesian's fine play as goalie...
...half ago full of the wonders of democracy. Expansively he urged his countrymen to erect themselves a Hyde Park for uninhibited soapbox oratory, offered them the kite-flying ground next to the royal palace. Going his new friend Dwight Eisenhower one better, Pibul instituted weekly press conferences, forced his hapless ministers to appear and answer rude reportorial questions about their carefree handling of public funds...
Comparative scores are virtually useless in establishing the relative strengths of the teams, for neither coach likes to run up a big count against hapless opponents. But on comparative times, in a sport where tenths of a second are vital, Yale is hours ahead of the varsity...
...open revolt. Deprived of much of the revenue from Sumatra's exports (oil, tin and rubber), the central government has been forced to issue an emergency decree lowering the legal ratio of gold to paper currency from 20% to 15%. For nearly three months the crumbling Cabinet of hapless Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo has clung to office largely on Sukarno's insistence...