Word: ineptness
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...nation that has already been depressed by rising crime rates, riots, political bombings, inflation, unemployment and inept government, Easter was as irritating as any other...
...turned out, Feltrinelli's inept sabotage attempt probably did a disservice to his Maoist sympathizers. The scandal over his misbegotten effort will presumably lend new appeal to the law-and-order campaign of Italy's neo-fascist party in the current election campaign...
...that parental behavior does affect speech comes from tests made by Kagan among poor Guatemalan children. There, boys are more highly valued than girls, are talked to more and become more verbal. In the U.S., Psychiatrist David Levy has found that boys who are atypically good with words and inept with figures have been overprotected by their mothers. Psychologist Elizabeth Bing has observed that girls who excel at math and spatial problems have often been left to work alone by their mothers, while highly verbal girls have mothers who offer frequent suggestions, praise and criticism...
...according to Levy, because of some G.I.s' inability to direct their hostility primarily against the enemy in Viet Nam. Instead, they grudgingly learn to admire the courage and skill of the Communists, and often vent their anger against their South Vietnamese comrades, whom they see as inept, and against their own officers, sometimes brutally injuring or killing them...
...been easy. Last year a Fox player seemed about to score a winning basket on a breakaway when he got tangled up with a referee and was called for double dribbling. This year victory seemed possible in a game scheduled against one particularly inept rival, but the referees failed to appear and the game was canceled. Once, the Foxes lost by two points after one of their players plunked the ball in the wrong basket...