Word: ineptness
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...Soviet press, meanwhile, lambasted some aspects of the relief effort as bungled and inept. Pravda, the Communist Party daily, said that because of a lack of cranes "seconds and hours are being lost -- that means lives." It complained that for each Soviet searcher "we have about ten observers who give advice rather than clear up the rubble." Sotsialisticheskaya Industriya asked, "Why does it happen that many families are still living out in the open though there is an abundance of tents?" Some of the homeless spend their nights huddled over bonfires. Even a Communist Party commission report lashed...
Twenty-one months ago, an unknown Michael Dukakis ventured into Iowa to tell voters there why he should be President. Today his answer remains inchoate. The failing of his candidacy has more to do with the candidate himself than with poor strategy, inept aides, stylized debates, TV commercials or even George Bush. Dukakis is a decent, rational, hardworking man, dedicated to public service and the common good. But he never understood the office he sought. The presidency requires a leader who can forge an emotional bond with the people and act as a vehicle for their aspirations. Dukakis...
...Ronald Reagan would present a daunting challenge to a recognized political giant, and Bush is certainly not that. Although he exceeded expectations yet again with his victory this week, Bush continues to be underestimated. He did not really win, the arguments go; he merely accepted the fruits of an inept Democratic campaign. Alternatively, it will be said that any Republican would have prevailed given the health of the economy. And then there is the argument that his artful handlers tricked the gullible voters with phony issues like crime and patriotism. Public resentment over that chicanery will soon overtake him. Congress...
...students played down these concerns. "Idon't think by making the majority of students wewill suddenly become inept," Selwyn said. But heagreed with Epps that passage of the amendment maynot be the only solution to current problems...
...Army, the squeaky- clean Dawkins seemed too good to be true. Apparently he is. Pilloried as a carpetbagger after moving from New York, Dawkins stoked the fire by declaring he could not stand the boredom of living in a small town, one of many missteps in an inept campaign. Lautenberg is now favored...