Word: inept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bald Soprano, Adamov's Professor Taranne, Fry's A Phoenix Too Frequent, Synge's Shadow of the Glen, Genet's The Maids, David English's Waiting for Goodman, Robert Shure's Twink, Ionesco's Jack and O'Neill's The Rope. The production of the last-named was totally inept, but the rest were well worth a visit, with outstanding performances by Thomas D. Griffin '61 in the Beckett, golden-voiced Laurence M. Channing '63 in the Fry, and Anne Lilley '62 in the Genet...
...cataract of words, the repeated promise to move forward-that has put Nixon at a disadvantage before the Big Eye. Debate No. 4 in itself gave little new substance to their views, though, as before, the tension of the confrontation made the occasion dramatic. The inflexible format and generally inept questioning by TV newscasters produced a disappointing, almost high schoolish, rerun of oft-stated positions and oft-used phrases on both sides...
...second heavy blow was Nixon's poor showing in the first TV debate with Kennedy. A combination of fatigue, inept makeup, and a me-too approach (abandoned soon afterward), plus the resourcefulness in argument and forcefulness of character that Kennedy showed, made Kennedy the winner on the TV screens (many radio listeners, hearing the voices only, thought that Nixon...
...father, Joseph R. Knowland, 87, who bought the Tribune in 1915 and bossed it with autocratic instinct for five decades. Bill Knowland had actually been running the paper for almost two years as the Tribune's assistant publisher. In politics Bill was known for his heavy and often inept thumb; at the Tribune the thumb has remained heavy, but it has stamped itself on the paper in a manner that by any reasonable standard can be called expert...
Independence is often a searing experience to new nations, bringing on along with the proud new flags, inept governments, shattered economies, confused people and misery all the deeper because exposed by freedom. But on Africa's west coast, the continent's newest and largest free state, Nigeria, last week was settling down to self-government with the same solid serenity that had marked its birth a fortnight ago. It is no coincidence that peaceful Nigeria possesses the freest and most responsible press in black Africa...