Word: ineptly
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...Wednesday, in three neatly planned shifts, they died. The world saw Jonestown, felt Waco, and cried cult. And this time, a cult for the information age. These days, the stereotype of the computer nerd has grown a bit stale. But it is precisely that stereotype--young, intelligent, socially inept--which stencils nicely onto the classic profile of a cult victim. Yet these 39 men and women were not hacking neo-Mansonites, shaggy, reclusive stock characters out of a paranoia movie. With their matching, unisex crew cuts and Henley-collared blue shirts, they resembled the modern SoCal monks they claimed...
When it comes to unraveling a Washington scandal, the best clues often come from the most clueless. They are the bit players so earnestly inept that it is hard to separate what was diabolical from what was merely dumb. So it was in the best Washington tradition that congressional investigators were focusing their attention last week on a former interior designer with a remarkable knack for placing herself near the hot spots of trouble for her old friend, Bill Clinton...
...Catering did its part this year to assist even the most inept lover. With its "Deliveries from the Heart" program, HSA supplied what pamphlets trumpeted as an ensemble of "Valentine's Day Specials." Yet the result was far from gourmet wooing...
...surprised by the Coop's recent failings. But I am shocked that the organization still exists. Students will continue to lose the value of their Coop "membership" in terms of opportunity cost as long as the Kremlin on the Square is controlled by an inept politburo headed by comrade Murphy. Privatization would cure such economic ills and would serve students well...
Judging by the evidence so far, they haven't. When the revamped series returned last week, it again stood out among the new crop of TV dramas. While too many of the others are either morally preachy Touched by an Angel clones or inept attempts at re-creating the X-Files, Murder One remains a fine legal thriller with a robust, well-observed appreciation for the egotists who are drawn into the web of splashy criminal trials. Newcomer Wyler is a prosecutor turned defense attorney who lives in a world ethically messier than his predecessor's. Wyler's father took...