Word: patheticism
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The Congo's pathetic struggle to build some kind of parliamentary government has been a miserable failure. Last September, confusion was so great in the Parliament that it was prorogued. This spring the Congolese hope to vote for a new Parliament-with no great expectation of improvement. After the...
The Chairman's delusion is pathetic. Unwittingly, his final report is itself the most eloquent testament to the failure of his Council. Despite a long list of reports issued, the HCUA cannot point to one significant policy decision it has influenced. The only tangible achievements are a few minor changes...
One Fat Englishman is very funny. But by the time Amis lets his ployman homeward plod his weary way, the reader finds his heart wrung with pity. In a puzzling way, the appalling Roger has endeared himself. It is not just that Roger himself in odd moments has recognized that...
For two-thirds of the movie one follows Billy's elaborate imbroglios and fanciful disentanglements in a spirit of high hilarity. (Whenever he finds himself pinched in a particularly sticky wicket he sees himself suddenly in a trooper's uniform, spattering his tormentors with submachine-gun bullets.) But finally, after...
The Crimson, perhaps suffering from a letdown after a heartbreaking loss to Penn Friday, couldn't do a thing right. The team hit on a pathetic 24 of 79 field goal attempts, and was outrebounded, 61 to 44. The Crimson's first string played only about half the game; no...