Word: ineptly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rate, young Whalen is an ex-junky, an inept lecher, and a petulant, sadistic jerk. Even such a figure might conceivably be observed to good effect, but Kosinski perceives nothing of unusual interest in the homunculus he has created. A succession of brief, turgid scenes demonstrates Whalen's emptiness, a quality that is never in doubt; nothing in the book offers any insight into the author's reasons for pursuing such an unrewarding project. One of Kosinski's few gestures toward literary excellence amounts to a stylistic tic: his repeated use of Grim Bits from Mother Nature...
Rossetti represents a second, later trend in pre-Raphaelite painting--a withdrawal from the natural world into the realms of the imagination. An inept draftsman, Rossetti was baffled by perspective and uninterested in the details of landscape. He was a poet and perhaps did not have the patience to learn much of the technique of painting. His paint surfaces lack in technical virtuosity, but this is over-shadowed by the haunting mysticism of his women. They are undoubtedly the best known of all pre-Raphaelite works...
Granted, Harvard did put down the Judge challenge, winning the match 19-8, but between the failures of the electrical judging equipment, the lateness of the director, and the downright tedium of watching good fencers fence inept ones, while looking inept in the process themselves, it was an evening better spent at home reading up for the new term...
...discreet, more cautious about baring my soul." He summed up by insisting: "I don't think the American people got a true picture of my campaign." Of course, the reverse may have been true-that too many Americans got a reasonably clear picture of a well-meant but inept campaign. Or that the majority of Americans understood his message and simply rejected...
...Industrial Management and Participation), was created by the Italian government 18 months ago to revive fundamentally strong firms that have fallen on hard times. And times have been particularly hard for Italy's industry in the past three or four years. Under the impact of incessant strikes, inept management, stiffening foreign competition and generally dismal economic conditions, Italian companies have been disappearing as fast as scampi at a gondolier's picnic. About 1,500 plants closed in 1970 alone...