Word: inept
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...American electorate welcomed (even expected) assistance from government in solving their problems but nonetheless remained skeptical of state power." As evidenced by the 1994 elections, that skepticism has apparently intensified; millions of voters benefit from Social Security and Medicare and simultaneously complain that government is evil and inept...
...than the Truman model that so tantalizes the White House. The Clintonites recall how underestimated Truman was before his 1948 victory-and indeed one report shortly before that vote succinctly captured the conventional wisdom. Truman, it said, was "a woefully weak little man, a nice enough fellow, but wholly inept." Could Clinton ever become "Give 'Em Hell" Bill? Well, says Truman's biographer, David McCullough, "when Harry took a sip of bourbon, you knew he swallowed...
When the U.C. president currently appears before the administration, his legitimacy as a voice for the student body can be called into question very easily. Elected by a body that is notoriously inept and unrepresentative, he lacks a popular mandate. What administrator in his right mind would actually pay attention to such a leader...
...that's typical. I suppose you think we're a bunch of socially inept, acne-ridden, high-IQ teenage hackers who play sophomoric pranks on the Establishment.'' ``The thought had crossed my mind,'' I say. But the fact that the cartoon sloth can give me such a realistic withering look, as he is doing now, suggests a much higher level of technical sophistication. Raster only has six facial expressions and none of them is very good. ``Your brother runs an ad agency...
...government insists it is trying to get to the bottom of the issue, but its efforts are widely viewed as slow and inept--a perception that has grown since the first and biggest bank closed its doors. That institution was Banco Latino, Venezuela's second largest, which at its peak claimed $1.4 billion in deposits. By the time the national banking superintendency took it over in January 1994, Latino's deposits had been reduced $1 billion. In going over the books, government inspectors uncovered false entries, fraudulent accounting and insider lending...