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[but] there's some passion in the action, a lilt to the chases, a fluid lyricism in the way the beasts move across hapless humans who cross their paths" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ). (See David Edelstein's review in Slate and The Lost World site.)
After the English annihilated the hapless French (10,000 dead French to a mere 29 Brits, by Bill S.'s count), the English responded by waving their two fingers back at the French in the now-familiar gesture (the American version limits it to the single middle finger).
An adulatory feature about Woody Allen marvels at his hard work and resilience, gives his side of the Soon-Yi story (her "presence is a reminder of life's bounty"), and hypes his "radiant" new movie, Everyone Says I Love You . His hapless schlub persona is revealed to be mere persona: He's actually full of confidence.
By fall of 1972, in full contest with the hapless George McGovern, Nixon was enjoying 60 percent-plus popularity.
If we are talking about Finns attempting to learn Turkish or Korean then no one, surely, is going to argue that point, except to make the observation, perhaps, that such hapless Finns are going to have to operate via an interlingua (and its dictionaries), such as English, German, or Russian.