Word: inept
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...French, Italian or German driver burns out his batteries with his horn and uses his car as an instrument of vengeance ("In Germany," says one psychoanalyst, "anger is a status symbol"), the American knows that he must drive as part of a group. Although Americans endure queues, bad service, inept repairmen, and surly sales help with remarkable stoicism, French Philosopher Jacques Maritain once suggested that they are impatient with life itself. Yet almost everyone has to learn patience in a complex modern society characterized by the growing interdependence between men and the growing reliance on brittle machines...
...assumption that the literary trends of the past century have had their gestation in the Square. You have to love Harvard to like this book. It strings together 150 selections from the Advocate's first hundred years, most of which lead you to believe that undergraduate writers are either inept thieves or self-conscious bores. Editor Jonathan Culler has attempted to justify each inclusion by fitting it into the Advocate's labored, changing definition of itself or by showing that the piece demonstrates the impact of belles-lettres on Harvard. Only the real chauvinist, the Harvard grad who moved only...
...administration has worn a crisis air ever since. Last week, his tenth in city hall, was no exception. Starting with a virus infection that kept the mayor in bed for two days, it ended with a new rash of charges that Lindsay is ruthless, power-hungry and inept to boot...
...Elis have only one victory year, a slim 14-13 decision over inept Holy Cross. Harvard has creamed Holy Cross twice...
...Indians have a phenomenally inept squad. Winless in the Ivy League, their overall season record is 3-20. When Dartmouth played in the LAB during January, Harvard scored a 74-70 victory. The Crimson should have an easier time tonight...