Word: ineptly
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...blame MTV for not taking risks. After all, they basically started the boy band craze on their own--and now, well, they may just end it on their own. Next month, MTV releases the TV documentary "2gether," a boy band spoof that tracks an inept music manager's attempt to find the next bubblegum sensation after losing his job. His creation, 2gether, brings together the five crucial ingredients for "Larger Than Life" success: "the heartthrob," "the rebel," "the cutie," "the shy one" and the not so attractive "older brother." I just got my hands on a copy of the soundtrack...
...nearly four decades in the Senate, whether they were winning efforts or losing battles. He recounts Kennedy's steadfast and often eloquent defense of the poor and the disadvantaged. But the description of Kennedy's failed presidential campaign in 1980 is, because the campaign itself was inept and ill considered, devastating. Here was the heir to the Kennedy political myth, the beneficiary of more loyal political talent than any other candidate in history, making a fool of himself and damaging a sitting Democratic President in the process...
...fact, the council has shown itself to be remarkably inept in recent years in reacting to the rising rents and housing shortages that have pushed long-time residents out of the city. The council has yet to put together a comprehensive forward-looking plan to deal with the issues of gentrification and the loss of rent control. If the City Council wants to wrest control away from a demonstrably efficient and fair city manager it must prove itself to be worthy of the responsibility...
Brown has proven to be fairly inept in all aspects of play this season, allowing 23 goals, while scoring only 10 this year. Despite the apparent mismatch, however, Harvard believes that the Bears will give it everything it can handle...
...Winning the annual budget fight takes two things: Party unity and good public relations skills. Clinton has them; the Republicans, year after year, have shown themselves inept at both. It's not about whose ideas are better, it's about who presents them better, and who can come out of the scrap smelling like a rose. Tom DeLay started down the road to p.r. disaster a month ago, when the super-whip promised to spend so much that Clinton would have to negotiate "on his knees" to avoid dipping into the Social Security pool for his own programs. Well, they...