Word: hapless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...something new: "It negates the existence of God ... advocates a Godless society. As a Christian, I cannot fathom the depth of the spiritual emptiness of living under such a kind of society." Stalin's Russia, the letter continued, is "a ruthless form of tyranny perpetrated upon a hapless people." Even when the party line says to dissemble, Communists do not usually talk like this. What was going...
...Hapless members of this overflow must descend to the bottom of Fogg, seat themselves in the cramped and uncomfortable chairs, and adjust their eyes to the miniscule candlepower developed by the room's scanty and misdirected illumination. This last adjustment is the most difficult, and the delay caused by all the squinting and straining required is a harsh and unnecessary burden, especially for those in courses like Humanities I where each question on a three-hour exams needs three hours to write an adequate answer...
...deny these groups the right to protest, nor the legality of their methods so long as there is no violence. Sign waving is no crime, nor is plodding to and fro before some hapless theater. But their conception of tolerance, and of how to attain it, is no less disturbing for its legality...
Pounding out a three run homer, pitcher Ted Cook led Adams to a resounding 12 to 4 win over Winthrop in House baseball yesterday. Eliot scored an 8 to 2 victory over winless Kirkland in the only other baseball game. Speedballer Luke Lockwood was never threatened by the hapless Deacons...
Andy Ward got the freshman baseball team off to an auspicious debut yesterday afternoon at Soldier Field as he struck out 16 and just missed a no-hitter to lead the Yardling to a 4 to 2 win over a hapless Boston Teachers College nine...