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...beings that will in a few years time subsume flawed humanity, simply disappears. Such episodes could, under different circumstances, be viewed as truly funny and truly scandalous satire. But posed as the outcomes of or even the solutions to a very earnestly destructive nihilism, they are only ludicrous and inept...

Author: By Annalise Nelson, | Title: Ups and Downs in Houellebecq's Strange, Charmed Particle World | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

...testimony of the vice president's first witness, political scientist Kimball Brace, was breathtakingly inept: The bedraggled wonk spent most of his time on the stand fumbling with 40-year-old voting machines and inadvertently shaking handfuls of chads onto Judge Sauls' desk. By the time Bush attorney Phil Beck had finished his cross examination, Brace had failed to support his theory that there might be structural problems or inconsistencies with the left-hand side of the Votomatic voting machine. He'd also all but admitted there was no reason to doubt the canvassing boards' ability to count their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Day One Goes Against Gore's Gang | 12/2/2000 | See Source »

...fiasco of last year's race for Undergraduate Council president--one of the most bitter and acrimonious in recent history--was a direct result of an inept election commission that enforced campaign rules arbitrarily and enigmatically. Thankfully, preliminary signs indicate that this year's race will be conducted, at the very least, a little cleaner...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Running a Clean Race | 11/29/2000 | See Source »

...inept, anemic at finishing our five-on-five, four-on-four chances," B.U. Coach Jack Parker said. "The players are definitely talking to themselves. If this keeps up, we are going to have to take away their belts and neckties...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Hockey Outmans B.U., 4-3 | 11/22/2000 | See Source »

Hard to believe? More like absurd. Not only have Blackbear's civil rights, particularly her right to freedom of religion, been egregiously violated, but the case has proven her school thoroughly inept...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, | Title: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

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