英语词汇“ham-fisted”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Phony rules, which proliferate like urban legends and are just as hard to eradicate, are responsible for vast amounts of ham-fisted copyediting and smarty-pants one-upmanship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The ham-fisted Romans had almost ruined the tension adjuster, but Leo pulled a set of watchmaker’s tools from his belt and did some final calibrations. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

To pull off such ham-fisted references, you need to have the courage of your corniness. Theater Review: ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ at Sondheim Theater 2014-01-13T03:00:12Z

Just look at “War Room,” a ham-fisted 2015 movie about a caddish jerk and thief who almost loses everything before he’s saved by prayer. From ‘Exodus’ to ‘God’s Not Dead 2’: The new wave of religious movies, explained 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

The earnest but terribly ham-fisted drama "Burning Blue" is set mostly in the 1990s, during the days of the U.S. military policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." 'Burning Blue' treats 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' era awkwardly 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

When Homeland delved in there was an embarrassing moment involving Arabic graffiti, while Scandal’s treatment of real-life events were so ham-fisted that other show’s parodies made it look tame. 'Daca dramas': how immigration became US TV's new obsession 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

It’s not idle teasing, but “a ham-fisted way of trying to keep us plugged into who we were as kids,” Mr. Nail said. Sting and Jimmy Nail on the Musical ‘The Last Ship’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

This doesn't exactly bode well – why is it that Hollywood always seems so desperate to play up the prosaic, "universal" aspects of a story when such ham-fisted tinkering usually only diminishes its impact? Will Hugh Jackman's Real Steel show us some mettle? 2011-08-26T16:04:14Z

This morning, I rewatched Part II, and found it to be lighter and more ham-fisted than I remembered. Happy “Back to the Future” Day 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

It's not ham-fisted, we just work it in what we are already talking about. "Desus & Mero" won't give 2020 candidates a pass: "We bring up receipts" 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

But the problem is that this is, exactly, America right now, and insisting that it’s not — especially in this particular context — is inaccurate and ham-fisted at best. U2 isn’t radical now: On tour, Bono calls for justice too softly — and safely — for 2018 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

Live and Let Die would be one of the better 007 movies were it not for its casually racist and ham-fisted riff on blaxploitation. Time's up for James Bond: is 007 too toxic for the #MeToo era? 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

"Southern Voice," in comparison, felt ham-fisted and cloying. Tim McGraw lifts KeyArena crowd with voice, songwriting, showmanship 2010-05-22T16:55:00Z

After a lengthy blackout — Ms. Chung’s ham-fisted way of transitioning from one section to the next throughout much of the program — three gongs signal a scenic shift. Dance Review: Ko-Ryo Dance Theater’s ‘Arirang — We Go Beyond the Crossroad’ 2012-10-18T21:54:19Z

A kind of "Bad News Bozos," it tells the sloppy, ham-fisted story of a barrel-bottom Utah college baseball team with a single afternoon to reverse its misfortunes or face extinction. '108 Stitches' strikes out in nearly every way possible 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

To others, it's an exercise in SEO-baiting desperation and ham-fisted arrangements, an aberration from the man responsible for some of the most ingenious musical moments of the past 40 years. Herbie Hancock takes 'The Imagine Project' to ZooTunes' stage at the Woodland Park Zoo 2010-08-26T20:10:00Z

But rumblings emerged that many of the greying Academy’s more conservative members were uncomfortable with the film’s gay content – and were proven correct when Paul Haggis’s ham-fisted, everyone’s-a-little-bit-racist parable emerged victorious. The 10 best Oscar snubs 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Law’s three drawings from the ’60s are sketchier and less ham-fisted. Bob Law drawings find poignancy in simplicity 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Partly because some people are inexperienced or because they were raised differently, so their efforts are somewhat ham-fisted, counterproductive or not in line with a parent’s chosen style. What the Toddler-Hating Diner Owner Teaches Us About Parenting 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

The film can be ham-fisted in its use of metaphor, perhaps most strikingly with the presence of Mr. Reeves, who Mr. Refn says, “represents a certain aura of the mythology of Hollywood.” Nicolas Winding Refn Dissects His Bloody Confection 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

His generosity on the first day we got it did not extend to his handing it over to his ham-fisted brother at school. My father paid four times his weekly wage for the greatest gift of my life 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Lately, the exuberantly ham-fisted paintings of his last decade have been looking shockingly relevant to the enthusiasms of art today. Art Review: What the Peripatetic Picasso Kept in His Closets 2011-03-10T23:11:06Z

In February 2012, in the middle of a brutal spell of depression, I made my first ham-fisted attempt to take my own life. Battling through 2012-12-09T20:30:01Z

Also, and this sounds so ham-fisted, but my daughter constantly teaches me. In ‘How We Roll,’ Pete Holmes Looks to Bowl Over Mainstream America 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

Transformer movies, Bay, among the most ham-fisted of directors, loves nothing more than things that go “boom.” Review: Michael Bay Ups the Blunt-Trauma Quotient with '13 Hours' 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

Its first half is a tale of ham-fisted management that’s lively enough to invite comparisons to those modern classics about failure. 'Eccentric Orbits' chronicles the stunning failure (and improbable revival) of the Iridium satellite phone 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

How could a manipulative, ham-fisted drama that provoked white liberal guilt pull an upset over Best Director-winning Ang Lee’s sensitive and tragic love story between two cowboys? Top five most unjust awards: Tales of Oscar outrages past 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

Sometimes, predictability can arise because of cliched, ham-fisted writing. The Walking Dead: season 8, episode 12 recap – The Key 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

She also has a "small-ish" part in Chris Morris's suicide bomber satire Four Lions, which tells the story of a group of British jihadists and their ham-fisted dreams of glory. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z

“Viper Club” falters with mawkish flashbacks of the mother and son, and with its ham-fisted, repeated emphasis on the smarm of government officials. Review: ‘Viper Club’ Looks Behind the Scenes of a Press Kidnapping 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

The polemic among them is Thomas Frank’s “Pity the Billionaire,” about which Michael Kinsley writes: As you can tell from its ham-fisted title, “Pity the Billionaire” is not the world’s most subtle political critique. ArtsBeat Blog: Book Review Podcast: Bipolar America 2012-01-06T22:10:19Z

It’s a ham-fisted appeal to a non-existent link between youth and creative authenticity, ignoring the fact that many large cities are theatres of pretension. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

Is Rodrigo really up to the job of leading God's children when he's made a ham-fisted job of raising his own? The Borgias: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-08-12T23:11:00Z

“The film ricochets in a breakneck delirium from ham-fisted comedy to solemn revenge drama to antic martial-arts thriller,” Andy Webster wrote in The Times in March. DVD: ?Treasures 5: The West, 1898-1938,? New DVD Set 2011-09-25T03:33:02Z

Warner has a reputation, both with fans and inside the industry, for ham-fisted campaigns to breathe new life into the franchise. For Looney Tunes, a Big Left Turn at Albuquerque 2010-05-19T22:35:00Z

The subtext of horror today is not the Red Menace or the atomic age, but racism, Islamophobia and ham-fisted greed. Conspiracy theories about Obama spun out to their wackiest sci-fi conclusions 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

Undergoing Jabadi’s ham-fisted interrogation, Maziar manages to retain his sense of the absurd, as if realizing that Kafka wrote bleak black comedy about humankind’s awful unfairness. Review: Jon Stewart's Rosewater: Laughing Through the Torture 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

As ham-fisted as Wells' dialogue is through much of "The Company Men," the phenomenon he describes is real. "The Company Men": Kevin Costner as working-class Jesus 2011-01-18T23:30:00Z

Once again Mr. Sandler milks middle age for lucre, nostalgia and clunky, ham-fisted humor. Movie Review: Adam Sandler and SNL Alumni Return in ‘Grown Ups 2’ 2013-07-11T21:12:50Z

But I’d rather watch a feline at a piano with eating implements tied to its paws than another movie of Michael Bay’s ham-fisted Turtles. REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mock Turtle 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

The industry’s initial response was ham-fisted: a campaign of “educational” lawsuits aimed not at pirate masterminds but at individual file-sharers, many of whom were too poor to cough up damages. Stephen Witt’s ‘How Music Got Free’ explains just that 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

And was it a bit ham-fisted, the way the judge asked a juror who had been feeling faint if she was able to concentrate? 'It's always high drama. It's somebody's life at stake': inside British rape trials 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

It's certainly not her finest work - a vendetta disguised as a pop song, with a ham-fisted chorus that lacks her usual melodic instincts. Taylor Swift's 1989: The stories behind her biggest album 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z

Give credit where due: the flipping and flopping, the wilting under political heat, is all a product of his own ham-fisted making. Column: A solid Senate pick and a craven move by Gavin Newsom 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z

Florida’s ham-fisted educational policies won’t produce graduates with the intellectual equipment to succeed in legitimate universities, much less in the world at large. Column: The right-wing campaign to make our kids dumber 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z

Over the last week, it has featured a ham-fisted attempt to whitewash the horrors of slavery in America. Column: Ron DeSantis and the whitewashing of slavery's horrors 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

To prevent the universe collapsing in his equations, he added what he considered a ham-fisted solution: a “cosmological constant” to counteract gravity’s effects and ensure a static cosmos. Europe’s Euclid Space Telescope Is Launching a New Era in Studies of the ‘Dark Universe’ 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

A compassionate anecdote about a homeless woman he met in Oregon preceded “The Eyes of Portland,” a well-intentioned if lyrically ham-fisted protest song from “Orpheus Descending.” John Mellencamp shows no signs of cheering up 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

“China has taken a ham-fisted approach to public information management,” said Jude Blanchette, a China scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. China Sends Spy Balloons Over Military Sites Worldwide, U.S. Officials Say 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

His rudderless soul and ham-fisted miscalculation stand in notable contrast to his most recent predecessor, Nancy Pelosi. Column: Kevin McCarthy 'won' the House speakership. Now the country must pay the price 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z

“If this was a novel, it would be a scene that would be too ham-fisted,” said Lois Rosson, a historian of science at the University of Southern California. 50 Years After the Apollo 17 Mission, the Moon Looks Closer Than Ever 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

So, in four paragraphs of self-flagellation, Sweet almost instantly apologized for the “harm” his “ham-fisted” and “clumsy” attempt to “open a conversation” has caused. Opinion | In the sandbox also known as academia, it’s the golden age of the grovel 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

Within two days, Sweet produced a groveling apology, in which he indicted himself for a “ham-fisted attempt at provocation” that “alienated some of my Black colleagues and friends” and for which he was “deeply sorry.” This is the other way that history ends 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

“I don’t support the ban on assault rifles. I support the timber industry. I believe there is a lot of ham-fisted meddling in government,” she said. In race for Herrera Beutler’s seat, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez focuses on Democratic and Republican voters 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

“It may also be that outsiders are just ham-fisted about it when they use it. They may be trying too hard to be cool, to seem local,” Barrett suggested. Love it or hate it, the nickname 'Cali' has a surprisingly long history 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

But against all odds, even as third-seeded USC tried again and again in the final minute to hand away its ham-fisted effort, it didn’t matter. USC escapes with a sloppy win over Washington in Pac-12 tournament 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

In the place of “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” there was just an untelevised private ceremony accompanied by a string of often ham-fisted social media postings. No Globes. Omicron. Dismal box office. Awards pros on the Oscar season from hell 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

Regarding Mitch Daniels’s Jan. 19 Wednesday Opinion column, “California’s ham-fisted war on pork offers some useful lessons”: Opinion | Animal welfare matters to most Americans 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

Mr. Tarantino “has the right to sell NFTs of his handwritten script for ‘Pulp Fiction,’” he said, “and this ham-fisted attempt to prevent him from doing so will fail.” Miramax Sues Quentin Tarantino Over Planned ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

But I felt like they may have done that intentionally, to play with the ham-fisted history of scripted “Murder She Wrote”-type mysteries. TV critics have a conversation about the finale of 'Only Murders in the Building' 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Audiences flocked and the money rolled in, but critics derided the overblown tone and ham-fisted portrayal of the characters. Mario: Can Chris Pratt help Nintendo solve the puzzle of video game films? 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

What a ham-fisted way of introducing a new feature to customers. iPadOS 15 ruined my iPad’s homescreen 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Children crowd around a large mortar, snickering at their fathers’, uncles’ and neighbors’ ham-fisted attempts to pound soybeans into soy milk. Agroecology Is the Solution to World Hunger 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

The conservative government of Prime Minster Scott Morrison is pinning its hopes on a vaccination roll out that is gathering steam after a ham-fisted start. Australia's economy slowed in Q2 ahead of lockdown downturn 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Absent a more robust U.S. response, Beijing’s “highly aggressive and ham-fisted diplomacy” will result in long-term hazards for the region and U.S. interests there, he said. Opinion | The United States can’t ignore China’s vaccine diplomacy in Latin America 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

The War Powers Resolution represented a ham-fisted grasp for some semblance of congressional control during the Nixon presidency, Watergate and the Vietnam War. War Powers Resolution should be repealed 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

If we are honest with ourselves, the idea of American exceptionalism was overblown and ham-fisted ever since it was first articulated. U.S. exceptionalism is dead: long live U.S. uniqueness? 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

The calamities bracketing the first two decades of the century surely had a political impact; it’s quite possible Trump might have won a second term were it not for his ham-fisted handling of the pandemic. News Analysis: It's not just Trump. This whole century has been politically stormy 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

Joe Biden could be declared the winner today — but there remains a chance that Donald Trump can pull this out thanks to traditional Republican methods of vote suppression, rather than his ham-fisted coup attempt. Clown coup: Trump's effort to overthrow democracy as well-run as his business (and presidency) 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

So far, the highest-profile foreign meddling incident has been by Iran - a ham-fisted, quickly detected operation in which some Democratic voters received emails threatening them if they didn’t vote for Trump. Russian election threat potent, but interference so far slim 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

So far, the highest-profile foreign meddling incident has been by Iran — a ham-fisted, quickly detected operation in which some Democratic voters received emails threatening them if they didn’t vote for Trump. Russian election threat potent, but interference so far slim 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Assuming this isn’t the case, and Idles are a band operating entirely under their own steam, then noble intentions alone can’t put their ham-fisted politics beyond reproach. Idles v Fat White Family: what the indie showdown tells us about class 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

“CDC’s Order is a ham-fisted effort to address the pandemic in a strained and illogical way.” Georgia woman among those challenging eviction ban in suit 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

“That is a very ham-fisted way of approaching it.” How Colleges Became the New Covid Hot Spots 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

In his typical ham-fisted fashion, Donald Trump simply lays bare how much of right-wing patriotism is pageantry designed to wrap racist impulses in the flag. Trump calls dead U.S. troops "suckers" and "losers": Why don't his voters even care? 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

He could have leveled with us, yet he's only ever downplayed the threat while embellishing his bungled, ham-fisted non-response. We just passed 6 million cases, and it didn't have to be like this — if we'd had a leader 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

Over the weekend, Trump used a strategy so ham-fisted that every reporter, editor or producer who fell for it should consider the medieval tradition of self-flagellation in repentance. Here we go again: Trump's BS executive orders sucker the media on coronavirus relief 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z

But the ham-fisted approach to resolving the issue — banning a huge portion of 359,000 verified accounts — reflects the staggering scale of the breach. The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

Trump has gotten much further than most of us could have imagined, of course, with his ham-fisted tactics borne strictly from his own ego needs. This is now Trump's official policy: Deflect all the blame, steal all the credit 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

Bad manners, naked selfishness, penny-ante nitpicking and ham-fisted abuse of power will make club life obsolete for anybody under 50 faster than you can say “OK, Boomer.” Can a club expel you for playing too much golf? - Golf Digest 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

But thanks to Trump's utter lack of credibility, even the ham-fisted propaganda efforts aren't working. Trump goes full racist, of course, to cover up coronavirus lies and incompetence 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

“While the ham-fisted response to this crisis undoubtedly adds a further blemish to Xi’s tenure in office,” Mr. Blanchette added, “the logistics of organizing a leadership challenge against him remain formidable.” Where’s Xi? China’s Leader Commands Coronavirus Fight From Safe Heights 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

"We must also secure our borders and other ports of entry, but with more modern, more effective and less ham-fisted ways than a physical wall." Where does Deval Patrick stand on the issues? 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

Ostensibly, such policies are meant to safeguard journalists and their bosses against the pitfalls of the internet; in practice, they often read like ham-fisted attempts to reconcile competing impulses. The Felicia Sonmez affair was not journalism's finest hour | Jon Allsop 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Far from the ham-fisted Fake Plastic Trees, Polyethylene is all malevolent snarl, bouncing off the walls in defiance of middle-class ecological hubris. Radiohead’s 40 greatest songs – ranked! 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately, these lawmakers and programmers didn’t predict the inevitable outcome: someday a user would need to get around their ham-fisted censorship system, and its architects would all be gone. The Rise of Skywalker’s realest-feeling tech is ancient censorship software 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

His efforts at outreach often seemed ham-fisted or contrived, and they left a series of insults and mini-scandals in their wake. Pete Buttigieg’s High Hopes 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

“When I try to shoehorn my life into a song, it gets really ham-fisted,” he said. Beck Is Home 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

In “The Queen,” the 2006 movie based on Morgan’s script, it was the death of Princess Diana and the royal family’s ham-fisted efforts to manage the public’s hysterical outpouring of grief. How the Man Behind ‘The Crown’ Made the Monarchy Relevant Again 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

But the way he has been used has been ham-fisted and amateur – a quick screen here, a bubble pass there. Given the hype, the Cleveland Browns' start has been a borderline disaster 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Finicum's efforts were poignant if ham-fisted, and probably also both genuine and also strategic, with the recognition that if the tribe joined them it would've been a very different story. How the strange tale of the "Oregon standoff" explains what happened in America in 2016 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

Apple’s changes are “easy to perceive as ham-fisted” and shows Apple doesn’t understand how the changes will affect the sector, he said. Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

He started making a new kind of video—not political punditry, per se, but a bunch of ham-fisted attempts to contribute to the culture war. Joey Salads Gets Out the Vote 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

“That being said, this ham-fisted execution, against arguably one of the least likely groups to engage in violence, is going to create a set of questions going forward.” LAPD informant infiltrated left-wing activists during Trump protests, records show 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

While 23 Democratic presidential candidates scramble for attention, Trump’s 2020 campaign is quietly flipping the script from its ham-fisted approach the first time he sought elected office.” Biden benefits as Dems fear food fight 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

The government's response to images of those rescuers at work was ham-fisted, with the Information Ministry calling them a hoax. When disaster hits, Indonesia's Islamists are first to help 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

The government’s response to images of those rescuers at work was ham-fisted, with the Information Ministry calling them a hoax. When disaster hits, Indonesia’s Islamists are first to help 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

Even so, says Mr Ash, other nations baulked at the "ham-fisted" way in which the UK chancellor went about the sale. Gold shines 20 years after Brown's big sale 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

The role saw him patiently tolerate her ham-fisted and invariably thwarted attempts at social climbing. Keeping Up Appearances' Clive Swift dies 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Many ordinary Pakistanis are fed up with ham-fisted police operations and downright brutal tactics. How a 9-year-old exposed police for killing his family 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Within days, Zuckerberg published an op-ed in the local paper apologizing for his ham-fisted approach and promising to drop the lawsuits. 'A blemish in his sanctuary': the battle behind Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii estate 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Trump’s loudmouth trolling is unique to him, and copycats on the Democratic side should be chastised rather than cheered for borrowing it in ham-fisted fashion. Will the Dems get Trumped? Why I dread the 2020 primary campaign 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

The Russians were not “ham-fisted” - they were highly sophisticated in their use of memes and targeting of ads. Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

Democrats, as they consistently have been throughout the process with Kavanaugh, are ham-fisted in their efforts to seize on the controversy. Is it playing dumb or the real thing on Kavanaugh and Ford 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

Some complained that the idea was a half-baked, ham-fisted way of bringing more recognition to commercial movies that may draw more TV viewers. Confusion, speculation and division: Hollywood's reaction to the new 'popular' Oscar category 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Perhaps after his ham-fisted private diplomacy with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, he finds it easier to retreat to belligerence and abuse. Trump’s tweet to Iran cannot bully the west away from making peace | Simon Jenkins 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

There’s not a lot the target country can do to stop them, beyond pointing out and ridiculing ham-fisted propaganda. Why Trump’s Detractors Cry ‘Treason’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said President Trump’s “half-hearted” and “ham-fisted” attempts to distance himself from controversial comments he during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin are ringing hollow. Charles Schumer calls President Trump’s Putin walk back ‘pathetic’ and ‘weak’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Yes, Mr. President, there’s an alternative to ham-fisted toughness. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

He pardoned Kristian Saucier and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby as part of some ham-fisted messaging strategy. So much for 'law and order': Trump finds new ways to abuse his pardon power 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Their first attempts, such as a mid-50s pamphlet called The Negro in American Life depicting happy African American families living in suburban communities, were ham-fisted and dishonest. When America's hottest jazz stars were sent to cool cold-war tensions 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Doing that, years ago, would have been the action of responsible, adult university leadership - as opposed to the ham-fisted approach DiStefano took. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

The move was slammed on social media for being a ham-fisted approach to a complex issue. Starbucks scrambles to rebuild trust after 'reprehensible' arrest of two black men 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

The threats sound ham-fisted and cartoonish, almost like something out of a mafia movie. Stormy Daniels has spoken. It doesn’t look good for Trump – or us | Jill Filipovic 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

Oldman doesn't give a bad performance; he gives a grandiose one, impeccably scaled to the ham-fisted proportions of the dramatic vehicle at hand. Flash and volume likely to defeat subtlety in this year's acting Oscar races 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

Only the most egregious, ham-fisted sort of pay-for-play can even be considered possibly actionable. Justice Department Dismisses Corruption Case Against Menendez 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

And then there’s the intended beneficiary of the ham-fisted endeavor: the Washington Post reported over the weekend that Donald Trump is siding with his Capitol Hill allies over the Justice Department: Trump, Justice Department at odds over dubious 'Nunes memo' 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

But, in many respects, the music industry, which may never have been so ham-fisted or inarticulate as film in areas of overt sexism, preceded the film industry in efforts to reform. Grammys 2018: not a rock guitar solo to be heard as awards embrace women and hip-hop 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z

It's so busy delivering Spam-sized chunks of ham-fisted dialogue defending the misunderstood Koresh, it loses all those other critical threads that make "Waco" a cautionary tale for all sides. The problematic 'Waco' recasts cult leader David Koresh as a sympathetic figure 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

In trying to answer the question “what happened,” the film twists itself up in ham-fisted psychological explanations. ‘Forever My Girl’ sticks to Southern romance formula 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

The subtext of horror today is not the Red Menace or the Atomic Age, but racism, Islamophobia and ham-fisted greed. ‘The Obama Inheritance’ spins conspiracy noir fiction about the 44th president 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z

The Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar, a key American ally and home to a large U.S. military presence, is moving closer to Iran, thanks to what is widely seen as a ham-fisted Saudi-led boycott. A Saudi prince is shaking up the Middle East — and may be pushing it toward war – LA Times 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

They got a tab showing only their interactions with other verified users — a ham-fisted way of dealing with the abuse that celebrities received from regular accounts. Twitter's verification program was a mess from the start 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

For the Democrats, it’s a tax-cut bounty for big corporations and the wealthy, and a ham-fisted elimination of benefits relied on by middle-class and low-income people. In ar partisan tone, House panel starts work on GOP tax plan 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

The violence was over the top, the delivery was awful, and Negan’s ham-fisted introduction sent the entire show into a narrative and ratings tailspin it’s never recovered from. The Walking Dead can’t make its villain both a monster and a buffoon 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

“They’re politically very astute in a whole bunch of areas but in issues management and parliamentary management they seem to be ham-fisted,” said Andrew Graham, professor at the school of policy studies at Queen’s University. Canada's Liberals look to economy to guide them past ethics scandal 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

It’s just such a stupid and ham-fisted way to force users into taking certain actions; like Samsung not letting you do anything with the Bixby Button but launch its also-ran assistant. You can remap the squeeze functionality on Google’s Pixel 2 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

If Trump World threatened to hurt an entire state as some kind of ham-fisted attempt at political extortion, there should be an official examination. Trump administration to get away with alleged intimidation tactics 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Because Apple provides detailed instructions on how to actually build a secure device, the review process should prevent major security mix-ups long term from inexperienced or ham-fisted device makers. Apple has proven me wrong about HomeKit 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

The recruitment efforts grew more ham-fisted with time. Behind Legislative Collapse: An Angry Vow Fizzles for Lack of a Viable Plan 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

According to The Guardian, some of its recipients have dubbed it "a ham-fisted attempt to avoid controversy". Bafta TV awards: What to look out for at this year's ceremony - BBC News 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

If you manage to keep yourselves in the Premier League, that will be fine reward for a season of ham-fisted hilarity. The Premier League teams’ ineptitude index 2016-17 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

It remains, as it was meant to, a reproach to all ham-fisted intellects and deskbound brooders. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

“Using air power in this late phase of a counterinsurgency is ham-fisted,” Mr. Page said. Death Toll in Mistaken Bombing of Camp in Nigeria Climbs to 70 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

But then came a fateful call from the pit wall, a ham-fisted coded message designed to circumvent the ban on team orders - but its true meaning came through loud and clear. Felipe Massa: Why does Formula 1 love retiring Brazilian driver? 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

A combination of desperate defence and ham-fisted Australian handling at key moments meant Wales did not concede during the fly-half's absence. Autumn international: Wales 8-32 Australia 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

Isis, a byproduct of ham-fisted western social engineering in Iraq, gained new ground, pushing back the Syrian army as well as rival anti-government forces. Russia came to Syria to fight terrorists. And we are succeeding | Alexander Yakovenko 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

“Hacking the DNC and Democratic congressional campaigns and then the leaking of stolen emails is somewhat ham-fisted, but it’s an escalation of Russian disinformation campaigns,” he said. Entire US political system ‘under attack’ by Russian hacking, experts warn 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Times, Gary Goldstein didn’t quite see things the same way, finding the film to be “such a maudlin, ham-fisted dud, it deserves little more than footnote status.” Indie Focus: Getting wild with Toronto, Jerry Lewis and 'White Girl' 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the movie, written and directed by Daniel Noah, is such a maudlin, ham-fisted dud, it deserves little more than footnote status. Nothing in the woeful drama 'Max Rose' will make the Jerry Lewis career-highlight reel 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

As for this clumsy movie’s own missteps, one of them is a free-fall of knowing exactly where its ham-fisted, head-scratching mix of fantasy, potboiler and family drama is headed. 'The 9th Life of Louis Drax' doesn't survive the free-fall of obviousness 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

Predictive texting keeps growing in sophistication, with the latest varieties using neighboring words to more accurately estimate the ham-fisted typist’s intended meaning. The death of garbage in, garbage out 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

It might be tempting to dismiss these videos as ham-fisted propaganda doled out by an out-of-touch Chinese Communist Party. China's Propaganda Machine Has Been on a Video Spree 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

The first is how ham-fisted the alleged corruption seems. Cash in bin liners, please 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

The ham-fisted farce in Damascus three years ago is my historical reference. Corporate media’s Turkey spin: “Attempted coup” bears the marks of an authoritarian power grab orchestrated by Erdoğan 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Trump is trying, but his efforts are ham-fisted. Trump’s pro-life pandering: He’s clueless on the issue — but he’d still find a way to destroy reproductive rights 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Avid film buffs, the two Nazi leaders recognized the power of cinema in shaping public opinion and begrudgingly understood the effectiveness of American blockbusters compared to the ham-fisted propaganda films produced by the Nazi Party. The Strange, Forgotten Story of the 'Nazi Titanic' 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

“The people of Libya deserve better than this sort of ham-fisted obstructionism,” he said. Libya’s Unity Government Defies Air Blockade to Reach Tripoli 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

Consequently, their strident denunciations of the BJP's ham-fisted tactics tend to ring a bit hollow. Viewpoint: India's tortured debate on nationalism and free speech - BBC News 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

And all the while it’s impossible to comprehend what’s happening because of the ham-fisted editing. Brutal, inane ‘London Has Fallen’ is even worse than the original 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

The agency’s ham-fisted attempt a few years ago to target tea party groups in this regard triggered a Republican political backlash and weakened its ability to deal with the problem. The IRS gives up on fighting ‘dark money’ 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

But there’s also no reason to be ham-fisted, sexist and dictatorial about it. Recent Kansas Editorials 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

The first episode of the miniseries makes several ham-fisted mentions of September 11th, which makes sense; September 11th led to much more widespread government spying. Review: The X-Files is back, but the fight for the future is over 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

What sounds easy and ham-fisted is earned by its sheer unexpectedness, like a guarded friend opening up. The Grinder is turning into a worthy descendant of Arrested Development 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Its messy tangle of fear, anger, relief, and anguish lays bare Henry’s simple sad-to-happy arc as ham-fisted kitsch. Verge Fiction: The Empathy Machine 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

The rout appeared to be linked to weak economic data and concerns about the currency, but was exacerbated by a ham-fisted attempt to regulate the market. Chinese stocks slip again, deepening worries over Beijing’s handle on crisis 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Now that growth is slowing, the challenges multiply and Beijing's ham-fisted handling of its stock market turmoil this week is eroding the image of China's Communist Party leaders as a skilled managers. Calm returns to China's stock markets after torrid week but underlying reasons for the turmoil remain 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

At its most ham-fisted, it’s outright plagiarism, while in the hands of the masters, the contraband becomes inflected, ingrained, inconspicuous. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z

The Germans are very direct but this isn’t just some ham-fisted approach to delve into the American market either; there are roots here. Why German soccer wants American players 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z

If the prequels felt like a grab bag of ham-fisted shout-outs with shoehorned origin stories, Abrams’ film simply sets up shop in the middle of a long, ongoing narrative and tells its little piece. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — our spoiler-free review 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

Genetic engineering is typically ham-fisted: it often involves inserting a large section of DNA from an entirely different kind of organism — often in another kingdom — with little control over where in the genome it lands. Agriculture: A new breed of edits : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, who was on the Town Council at the time, said it was a “ham-fisted” response from the government. Immigration Sanctuary Ban Creates Uncertainty in North Carolina 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

This is the sort of ham-fisted corporate overreaction that serves no purpose but to keep customers at arm's length. Contact AT&T's CEO, hear back from his lawyer 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

But for all the tears shed, blood spilled, chests beaten and anthems sung, the movie's grandiose emotional quotient never feels any more real than its ham-fisted dialogue, dubious accents, strained "Kumbaya" moments or eclectic hairdos. 'Dragon Blade' visually grand, emotionally hollow 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

This has led many to believe that China will grow more slowly than anticipated, while Chinese leaders’ sometimes ham-fisted policy moves in recent months have raised questions about their ability to manage the economy. China Can’t Sink Us 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

Now the attempts to reduce the value of the yuan are being conducted in an equally ham-fisted fashion. China's economic mandarins are proving to be human after all 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Obama also emphasized a need for inclusivity, referencing some of the government’s ham-fisted attempts to curb terrorism by isolating and alienating minority Muslim groups in Kenya. Obama's Speech Electrifies Youth in Kenya 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

Or is this a ham-fisted attempt to test the water by Blatter? 'Blatter fighting the dying light' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

It’s because first large, then medium and eventually even small employers started to automate their recruiting processes in the most ham-fisted and unintelligent way imaginable. The Sickening Truth About Responding To Job Ads 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

“The problem is when you execute it in such a ham-fisted way that you end up having a dragnet that ensnares most of the population — and humiliates most of the black or Latin community.” Protests likely to accelerate retreat from tough police tactics of the 1990s 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z

For Australians, the ham-fisted marketing was too much, and Woolworths became the target of public backlash, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. Aussie Supermarket Chain Upsets Veterans 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Government is far too ham-fisted to repair relationships between communities. But what about, instead of more laws or technology programs, leadership that encourages these things? Body Cameras Wouldn't Have Saved Walter Scott and Won't Heal Racial Tension 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

When Mr Modi is trying hard to spruce up India's global image as a favoured destination to invest and visit, such ham-fisted and impulsive reactions cannot really help. Why India gang-rape film row is extraordinary 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

The ham-fisted tactics of the federal government are in play here, as usual.” Did the F.B.I. Encourage Would-Be ISIS Recruits in Brooklyn? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

“He’s a kid. He’s obviously scared. He’s frightened. The ham-fisted tactics of the federal government are in play here, as usual.” For Brooklyn Men, Plans to Aid ISIS Were Recorded Online and in Private 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

It lumbers around ham-fisted, dazed, confused and often angry. Obama's National Security Strategy Show's He's a Post-Strategic President 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

The only mildly interesting portion of the excerpts released by his campaign is Jeb’s ham-fisted effort at distinguishing his as-yet undefined foreign policy from that of his disastrously incompetent brother. Jeb’s foreign policy fiasco: Distinguishing himself from George W. Bush… by tapping Wolfowitz 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

The manual transmission came with a light, precise shifter and automatic rev-matching on downshifts that felt like cheating; even the most ham-fisted driver could row it smoothly. Review: BMW M3 sedan is more functional and fun than its two-door M4 twin 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is being far too ham-fisted by its cinematic cousins. 'Flash vs Arrow' is the Goldilocks of Superhero Media 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

But watch a more subversive fantasy like V for Vendetta and you’ll be reminded of all the character depth and narrative variety that’s sadly missing from the current crop of ham-fisted law enforcers. Superheroes don't exist to solve problems, they exist to punch bad guys 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

I would imagine independents in Maine won’t much appreciate the ham-fisted Republican tactics, and part of me wonders if such an over-the-top scheme will backfire. Republican Governors Association exploits its pawn in Maine 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

The response struck many observers as ham-fisted and sexist—a reinforcement, for women in tech, of the wrong-headed notion that those who don’t seek raises or otherwise advocate loudly for themselves will be better regarded. Satya Nadella and the Corporate Concept of Karma 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

The result was that attempts to appeal to Scottish voters often came across as ham-fisted. Special Report: Scotland stays in UK, but Britain faces change 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

This was his first opportunity and he was a bit ham-fisted about it and got it wrong. Mercedes row good for F1 - Coulthard 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

No, it's a ham-fisted rendering of "more powerful personalised services". Rogeting: why 'sinister buttocks' are creeping into students' essays 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

Still, China's messages of peace can come across as ham-fisted to those it's trying to court. With one eye on Washington, China plots its own Asia 'pivot' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

So are the junta’s ham-fisted attempts at buying off the masses. Coup? What Coup? The Thai Junta is Denying Everything 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

No, looking back at some of my ham-fisted drawings of the time, I realise the Mr Men must have kicked the yearning off years before that. The Mr Men inhabit a godless universe. It's a brutal existence 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

A “Contract With America” is a ham-fisted way of nationalizing those races – it says “America” right there in the title, after all. The right’s transparent new sham: New “Contract With America” will not be new at all 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Then the Night’s Watch attacks—in quite possibly the worst, most ham-fisted way possible. 'Game Of Thrones' Season 4, Episode 5 Review: You Win Or You Die 2014-05-05T04:50:00Z

This ham-fisted approach to life typifies LeBlanc's character in the show, which is full of digs at the shallow showbiz culture of LA. Brits abroad - Episodes returns 2014-05-05T02:27:36Z

That is, until my ham-fisted lessons on the operating system started up. How to Be a Better Son or Daughter 2014-03-24T12:00:00Z

The project is technically feasible, and even ham-fisted programmers will eventually get the code right. ObamaCare's Web Site: Too Much Help Will Slow The Project 2013-10-21T17:45:00Z

The finale to Dexter was an embarrassing, ham-fisted disaster. Critics praise Breaking Bad finale 2013-09-30T10:54:05Z

It’s also about the most ham-fisted way to tackle this subject I can imagine. 'Hotline Miami 2' Draws Criticism Over Controversial Rape Scene 2013-08-17T20:28:00Z

Inverdale said the remarks, made on BBC Radio 5 live ahead of the Wimbledon women's final on 6 July, were "clumsy" and "ham-fisted" and had "understandably caused something of a furore". Miller concern over Inverdale remark 2013-07-18T06:51:54Z

Speaking on air on Sunday, he said he was sorry "if any offence was caused" by his "ham-fisted comments". Inverdale sorry for Bartoli remark 2013-07-07T12:25:47Z

The BBC presenter made an apology at the beginning of Sunday's coverage of the men's final for his "clumsy" and "ham-fisted" comments, which he said had "understandably caused something of a furore". 674 complain over Inverdale comments 2013-07-08T10:39:04Z

Banning staff from promotion due to Facebook gaffes exposes a ham-fisted approach to social media. Facebook comments get civil servant banned from promotion 2013-06-20T07:06:48Z

And at a moment when Republicans in Washington look ham-fisted, inflexible and incapable of governing, Christie is poised to show a demoralized post–Mitt Romney GOP how to regain its majority status. TIME's New Cover: Chris Christie 2013-01-10T03:10:00Z

A good deal of it has made the home unions look positively ham-fisted. Unbeaten All Blacks aim to complete unexpected journey against England 2012-11-30T22:00:01Z

Subsequent attempts by Huawei to expand in the United States have also failed for similar reasons, and because of Huawei’s ham-fisted, amateurish public relations efforts. Huawei, ZTE, and the Slippery Slope of Excusing Protectionism on National Security Grounds 2012-10-09T16:05:11Z

But bigger worries predate the glitch, not least the ham-fisted handling of quarrels over existing domains. Internet domain names: .combat 2012-05-31T15:05:28Z

They’re as confusing, suspenseful and occasionally ham-fisted as the rule of Russia itself. The TV Watch: Putin?s Rivals in Russia Gain a Place on the Air, for Now 2012-02-14T01:30:58Z

"I expect the road ahead to be difficult," said Maturo, whose ham-fisted response to the rift in his community has become national news. Connecticut police chief resigns amid civil rights scandal 2012-01-30T18:47:05Z

The new WikiLeaks Spy Files show that that the new era of surveillance goes far beyond phishing schemes and ham-fisted spyware installations by rogue organizations. The spy files, the Internet arms bazaar and the new reign of terrabytes 2011-12-02T23:19:22Z

Early efforts by Mr. Putin to reassert authority in former Soviet countries were often ham-fisted. As Kyrgyzstan Votes, Some Consider Russia 2011-10-29T17:16:50Z

The “arrogance” the world seems to find so unappealing in America might be due to our ham-fisted approach to knotty problems. Turning Box Cutters Into Plowshares: Part I, The Challenge 2011-09-11T16:18:41Z

Third, allow immigration policy to be driven by economic needs rather than arbitrary targets and ham-fisted regulation. My plan B for the economy 2011-07-27T15:56:00Z

Still, the regimes' ham-fisted response was over the top he said. In Libya, It's Not Just If Gaddafi Goes, But How 2011-04-15T02:45:23Z

This NRA was a massive and sometimes ham-fisted program aimed at realigning the relationship between industry, labor and agriculture, and which, in 1935, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. The fight that just won't die 2011-04-10T15:01:00Z

It is a farce that began with Capello's ham-fisted handling of the captaincy. Fabio Capello's cast of extras shows regime has lost the plot 2011-03-28T23:06:01Z

Call them "crass", "crude", "chaotic" and "ham-fisted", then. Tory press defenders of Middle England rail against the toffs 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z

But the coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still seems ham-fisted in the way it presents Israel's case to the world. Can Israel Learn How to Make Its Case? 2010-06-11T17:00:00Z

The move spooked investors at the time and was condemned as ham-fisted interventionism by market experts. 'Naked short-selling' faces European ban 2010-06-09T11:35:00Z

The Obama Administration, which hardly created the MMS mess, has been ham-fisted in fixing it. Washington's Revolving Door: How Oil Oversight Failed 2010-06-09T08:40:00Z

Two House Republicans today are moving to unseal court records of Sholtz’s federal prosecution in a ham-fisted effort to hurt President Obama’s chances for a carbon market. Does the Climate Bill Have a Chance? 2010-05-10T17:06:00Z

“This is just so ham-fisted,” said Dayan Jayatilleka, a political analyst who was once Sri Lanka’s envoy to the United Nations in Geneva. 2010-02-08T20:32:00Z

Well, I got tired having a ham-fisted Dutchman pawing me and closing my mouth with his big splay fingers. The Dark Star

And he had an idea that this Karl might easily be the big, ham-fisted German who had tried so earnestly to stifle him and throw him from the vestibule of the midnight express. The Dark Star

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例句	ham-fisted Phony rules, which proliferate like urban legends and are just as hard to eradicate, are responsible for vast amounts of ham-fisted copyediting and smarty-pants one-upmanship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The ham-fisted Romans had almost ruined the tension adjuster, but Leo pulled a set of watchmaker’s tools from his belt and did some final calibrations. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To pull off such ham-fisted references, you need to have the courage of your corniness. Theater Review: ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ at Sondheim Theater 2014-01-13T03:00:12Z Just look at “War Room,” a ham-fisted 2015 movie about a caddish jerk and thief who almost loses everything before he’s saved by prayer. From ‘Exodus’ to ‘God’s Not Dead 2’: The new wave of religious movies, explained 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The earnest but terribly ham-fisted drama "Burning Blue" is set mostly in the 1990s, during the days of the U.S. military policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." 'Burning Blue' treats 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' era awkwardly 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z When Homeland delved in there was an embarrassing moment involving Arabic graffiti, while Scandal’s treatment of real-life events were so ham-fisted that other show’s parodies made it look tame. 'Daca dramas': how immigration became US TV's new obsession 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z It’s not idle teasing, but “a ham-fisted way of trying to keep us plugged into who we were as kids,” Mr. Nail said. Sting and Jimmy Nail on the Musical ‘The Last Ship’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z This doesn't exactly bode well – why is it that Hollywood always seems so desperate to play up the prosaic, "universal" aspects of a story when such ham-fisted tinkering usually only diminishes its impact? Will Hugh Jackman's Real Steel show us some mettle? 2011-08-26T16:04:14Z This morning, I rewatched Part II, and found it to be lighter and more ham-fisted than I remembered. Happy “Back to the Future” Day 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z It's not ham-fisted, we just work it in what we are already talking about. "Desus & Mero" won't give 2020 candidates a pass: "We bring up receipts" 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z But the problem is that this is, exactly, America right now, and insisting that it’s not — especially in this particular context — is inaccurate and ham-fisted at best. U2 isn’t radical now: On tour, Bono calls for justice too softly — and safely — for 2018 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Live and Let Die would be one of the better 007 movies were it not for its casually racist and ham-fisted riff on blaxploitation. Time's up for James Bond: is 007 too toxic for the #MeToo era? 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z "Southern Voice," in comparison, felt ham-fisted and cloying. Tim McGraw lifts KeyArena crowd with voice, songwriting, showmanship 2010-05-22T16:55:00Z After a lengthy blackout — Ms. Chung’s ham-fisted way of transitioning from one section to the next throughout much of the program — three gongs signal a scenic shift. Dance Review: Ko-Ryo Dance Theater’s ‘Arirang — We Go Beyond the Crossroad’ 2012-10-18T21:54:19Z A kind of "Bad News Bozos," it tells the sloppy, ham-fisted story of a barrel-bottom Utah college baseball team with a single afternoon to reverse its misfortunes or face extinction. '108 Stitches' strikes out in nearly every way possible 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z To others, it's an exercise in SEO-baiting desperation and ham-fisted arrangements, an aberration from the man responsible for some of the most ingenious musical moments of the past 40 years. Herbie Hancock takes 'The Imagine Project' to ZooTunes' stage at the Woodland Park Zoo 2010-08-26T20:10:00Z But rumblings emerged that many of the greying Academy’s more conservative members were uncomfortable with the film’s gay content – and were proven correct when Paul Haggis’s ham-fisted, everyone’s-a-little-bit-racist parable emerged victorious. The 10 best Oscar snubs 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Law’s three drawings from the ’60s are sketchier and less ham-fisted. Bob Law drawings find poignancy in simplicity 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Partly because some people are inexperienced or because they were raised differently, so their efforts are somewhat ham-fisted, counterproductive or not in line with a parent’s chosen style. What the Toddler-Hating Diner Owner Teaches Us About Parenting 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The film can be ham-fisted in its use of metaphor, perhaps most strikingly with the presence of Mr. Reeves, who Mr. Refn says, “represents a certain aura of the mythology of Hollywood.” Nicolas Winding Refn Dissects His Bloody Confection 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z His generosity on the first day we got it did not extend to his handing it over to his ham-fisted brother at school. My father paid four times his weekly wage for the greatest gift of my life 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Lately, the exuberantly ham-fisted paintings of his last decade have been looking shockingly relevant to the enthusiasms of art today. Art Review: What the Peripatetic Picasso Kept in His Closets 2011-03-10T23:11:06Z In February 2012, in the middle of a brutal spell of depression, I made my first ham-fisted attempt to take my own life. Battling through 2012-12-09T20:30:01Z Also, and this sounds so ham-fisted, but my daughter constantly teaches me. In ‘How We Roll,’ Pete Holmes Looks to Bowl Over Mainstream America 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Transformer movies, Bay, among the most ham-fisted of directors, loves nothing more than things that go “boom.” Review: Michael Bay Ups the Blunt-Trauma Quotient with '13 Hours' 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Its first half is a tale of ham-fisted management that’s lively enough to invite comparisons to those modern classics about failure. 'Eccentric Orbits' chronicles the stunning failure (and improbable revival) of the Iridium satellite phone 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z How could a manipulative, ham-fisted drama that provoked white liberal guilt pull an upset over Best Director-winning Ang Lee’s sensitive and tragic love story between two cowboys? Top five most unjust awards: Tales of Oscar outrages past 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Sometimes, predictability can arise because of cliched, ham-fisted writing. The Walking Dead: season 8, episode 12 recap – The Key 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z She also has a "small-ish" part in Chris Morris's suicide bomber satire Four Lions, which tells the story of a group of British jihadists and their ham-fisted dreams of glory. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z “Viper Club” falters with mawkish flashbacks of the mother and son, and with its ham-fisted, repeated emphasis on the smarm of government officials. Review: ‘Viper Club’ Looks Behind the Scenes of a Press Kidnapping 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The polemic among them is Thomas Frank’s “Pity the Billionaire,” about which Michael Kinsley writes: As you can tell from its ham-fisted title, “Pity the Billionaire” is not the world’s most subtle political critique. ArtsBeat Blog: Book Review Podcast: Bipolar America 2012-01-06T22:10:19Z It’s a ham-fisted appeal to a non-existent link between youth and creative authenticity, ignoring the fact that many large cities are theatres of pretension. In defence of pretentiousness \| Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Is Rodrigo really up to the job of leading God's children when he's made a ham-fisted job of raising his own? The Borgias: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-08-12T23:11:00Z “The film ricochets in a breakneck delirium from ham-fisted comedy to solemn revenge drama to antic martial-arts thriller,” Andy Webster wrote in The Times in March. DVD: ?Treasures 5: The West, 1898-1938,? New DVD Set 2011-09-25T03:33:02Z Warner has a reputation, both with fans and inside the industry, for ham-fisted campaigns to breathe new life into the franchise. For Looney Tunes, a Big Left Turn at Albuquerque 2010-05-19T22:35:00Z The subtext of horror today is not the Red Menace or the atomic age, but racism, Islamophobia and ham-fisted greed. Conspiracy theories about Obama spun out to their wackiest sci-fi conclusions 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Undergoing Jabadi’s ham-fisted interrogation, Maziar manages to retain his sense of the absurd, as if realizing that Kafka wrote bleak black comedy about humankind’s awful unfairness. Review: Jon Stewart's Rosewater: Laughing Through the Torture 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z As ham-fisted as Wells' dialogue is through much of "The Company Men," the phenomenon he describes is real. "The Company Men": Kevin Costner as working-class Jesus 2011-01-18T23:30:00Z Once again Mr. Sandler milks middle age for lucre, nostalgia and clunky, ham-fisted humor. Movie Review: Adam Sandler and SNL Alumni Return in ‘Grown Ups 2’ 2013-07-11T21:12:50Z But I’d rather watch a feline at a piano with eating implements tied to its paws than another movie of Michael Bay’s ham-fisted Turtles. REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mock Turtle 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The industry’s initial response was ham-fisted: a campaign of “educational” lawsuits aimed not at pirate masterminds but at individual file-sharers, many of whom were too poor to cough up damages. Stephen Witt’s ‘How Music Got Free’ explains just that 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z And was it a bit ham-fisted, the way the judge asked a juror who had been feeling faint if she was able to concentrate? 'It's always high drama. It's somebody's life at stake': inside British rape trials 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z It's certainly not her finest work - a vendetta disguised as a pop song, with a ham-fisted chorus that lacks her usual melodic instincts. Taylor Swift's 1989: The stories behind her biggest album 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Give credit where due: the flipping and flopping, the wilting under political heat, is all a product of his own ham-fisted making. Column: A solid Senate pick and a craven move by Gavin Newsom 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Florida’s ham-fisted educational policies won’t produce graduates with the intellectual equipment to succeed in legitimate universities, much less in the world at large. Column: The right-wing campaign to make our kids dumber 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Over the last week, it has featured a ham-fisted attempt to whitewash the horrors of slavery in America. Column: Ron DeSantis and the whitewashing of slavery's horrors 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z To prevent the universe collapsing in his equations, he added what he considered a ham-fisted solution: a “cosmological constant” to counteract gravity’s effects and ensure a static cosmos. Europe’s Euclid Space Telescope Is Launching a New Era in Studies of the ‘Dark Universe’ 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z A compassionate anecdote about a homeless woman he met in Oregon preceded “The Eyes of Portland,” a well-intentioned if lyrically ham-fisted protest song from “Orpheus Descending.” John Mellencamp shows no signs of cheering up 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z “China has taken a ham-fisted approach to public information management,” said Jude Blanchette, a China scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. China Sends Spy Balloons Over Military Sites Worldwide, U.S. Officials Say 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z His rudderless soul and ham-fisted miscalculation stand in notable contrast to his most recent predecessor, Nancy Pelosi. Column: Kevin McCarthy 'won' the House speakership. Now the country must pay the price 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “If this was a novel, it would be a scene that would be too ham-fisted,” said Lois Rosson, a historian of science at the University of Southern California. 50 Years After the Apollo 17 Mission, the Moon Looks Closer Than Ever 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z So, in four paragraphs of self-flagellation, Sweet almost instantly apologized for the “harm” his “ham-fisted” and “clumsy” attempt to “open a conversation” has caused. Opinion \| In the sandbox also known as academia, it’s the golden age of the grovel 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Within two days, Sweet produced a groveling apology, in which he indicted himself for a “ham-fisted attempt at provocation” that “alienated some of my Black colleagues and friends” and for which he was “deeply sorry.” This is the other way that history ends 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “I don’t support the ban on assault rifles. I support the timber industry. I believe there is a lot of ham-fisted meddling in government,” she said. In race for Herrera Beutler’s seat, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez focuses on Democratic and Republican voters 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “It may also be that outsiders are just ham-fisted about it when they use it. They may be trying too hard to be cool, to seem local,” Barrett suggested. Love it or hate it, the nickname 'Cali' has a surprisingly long history 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z But against all odds, even as third-seeded USC tried again and again in the final minute to hand away its ham-fisted effort, it didn’t matter. USC escapes with a sloppy win over Washington in Pac-12 tournament 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z In the place of “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” there was just an untelevised private ceremony accompanied by a string of often ham-fisted social media postings. No Globes. Omicron. Dismal box office. Awards pros on the Oscar season from hell 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Regarding Mitch Daniels’s Jan. 19 Wednesday Opinion column, “California’s ham-fisted war on pork offers some useful lessons”: Opinion \| Animal welfare matters to most Americans 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Tarantino “has the right to sell NFTs of his handwritten script for ‘Pulp Fiction,’” he said, “and this ham-fisted attempt to prevent him from doing so will fail.” Miramax Sues Quentin Tarantino Over Planned ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z But I felt like they may have done that intentionally, to play with the ham-fisted history of scripted “Murder She Wrote”-type mysteries. TV critics have a conversation about the finale of 'Only Murders in the Building' 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Audiences flocked and the money rolled in, but critics derided the overblown tone and ham-fisted portrayal of the characters. Mario: Can Chris Pratt help Nintendo solve the puzzle of video game films? 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z What a ham-fisted way of introducing a new feature to customers. iPadOS 15 ruined my iPad’s homescreen 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Children crowd around a large mortar, snickering at their fathers’, uncles’ and neighbors’ ham-fisted attempts to pound soybeans into soy milk. Agroecology Is the Solution to World Hunger 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The conservative government of Prime Minster Scott Morrison is pinning its hopes on a vaccination roll out that is gathering steam after a ham-fisted start. Australia's economy slowed in Q2 ahead of lockdown downturn 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Absent a more robust U.S. response, Beijing’s “highly aggressive and ham-fisted diplomacy” will result in long-term hazards for the region and U.S. interests there, he said. Opinion \| The United States can’t ignore China’s vaccine diplomacy in Latin America 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z The War Powers Resolution represented a ham-fisted grasp for some semblance of congressional control during the Nixon presidency, Watergate and the Vietnam War. War Powers Resolution should be repealed 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z If we are honest with ourselves, the idea of American exceptionalism was overblown and ham-fisted ever since it was first articulated. U.S. exceptionalism is dead: long live U.S. uniqueness? 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z The calamities bracketing the first two decades of the century surely had a political impact; it’s quite possible Trump might have won a second term were it not for his ham-fisted handling of the pandemic. News Analysis: It's not just Trump. This whole century has been politically stormy 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Joe Biden could be declared the winner today — but there remains a chance that Donald Trump can pull this out thanks to traditional Republican methods of vote suppression, rather than his ham-fisted coup attempt. Clown coup: Trump's effort to overthrow democracy as well-run as his business (and presidency) 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z So far, the highest-profile foreign meddling incident has been by Iran - a ham-fisted, quickly detected operation in which some Democratic voters received emails threatening them if they didn’t vote for Trump. Russian election threat potent, but interference so far slim 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z So far, the highest-profile foreign meddling incident has been by Iran — a ham-fisted, quickly detected operation in which some Democratic voters received emails threatening them if they didn’t vote for Trump. Russian election threat potent, but interference so far slim 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Assuming this isn’t the case, and Idles are a band operating entirely under their own steam, then noble intentions alone can’t put their ham-fisted politics beyond reproach. Idles v Fat White Family: what the indie showdown tells us about class 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z “CDC’s Order is a ham-fisted effort to address the pandemic in a strained and illogical way.” Georgia woman among those challenging eviction ban in suit 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z “That is a very ham-fisted way of approaching it.” How Colleges Became the New Covid Hot Spots 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z In his typical ham-fisted fashion, Donald Trump simply lays bare how much of right-wing patriotism is pageantry designed to wrap racist impulses in the flag. Trump calls dead U.S. troops "suckers" and "losers": Why don't his voters even care? 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z He could have leveled with us, yet he's only ever downplayed the threat while embellishing his bungled, ham-fisted non-response. We just passed 6 million cases, and it didn't have to be like this — if we'd had a leader 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, Trump used a strategy so ham-fisted that every reporter, editor or producer who fell for it should consider the medieval tradition of self-flagellation in repentance. Here we go again: Trump's BS executive orders sucker the media on coronavirus relief 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z But the ham-fisted approach to resolving the issue — banning a huge portion of 359,000 verified accounts — reflects the staggering scale of the breach. The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Trump has gotten much further than most of us could have imagined, of course, with his ham-fisted tactics borne strictly from his own ego needs. This is now Trump's official policy: Deflect all the blame, steal all the credit 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Bad manners, naked selfishness, penny-ante nitpicking and ham-fisted abuse of power will make club life obsolete for anybody under 50 faster than you can say “OK, Boomer.” Can a club expel you for playing too much golf? - Golf Digest 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z But thanks to Trump's utter lack of credibility, even the ham-fisted propaganda efforts aren't working. Trump goes full racist, of course, to cover up coronavirus lies and incompetence 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z “While the ham-fisted response to this crisis undoubtedly adds a further blemish to Xi’s tenure in office,” Mr. Blanchette added, “the logistics of organizing a leadership challenge against him remain formidable.” Where’s Xi? China’s Leader Commands Coronavirus Fight From Safe Heights 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z "We must also secure our borders and other ports of entry, but with more modern, more effective and less ham-fisted ways than a physical wall." Where does Deval Patrick stand on the issues? 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Ostensibly, such policies are meant to safeguard journalists and their bosses against the pitfalls of the internet; in practice, they often read like ham-fisted attempts to reconcile competing impulses. The Felicia Sonmez affair was not journalism's finest hour \| Jon Allsop 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Far from the ham-fisted Fake Plastic Trees, Polyethylene is all malevolent snarl, bouncing off the walls in defiance of middle-class ecological hubris. Radiohead’s 40 greatest songs – ranked! 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, these lawmakers and programmers didn’t predict the inevitable outcome: someday a user would need to get around their ham-fisted censorship system, and its architects would all be gone. The Rise of Skywalker’s realest-feeling tech is ancient censorship software 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z His efforts at outreach often seemed ham-fisted or contrived, and they left a series of insults and mini-scandals in their wake. Pete Buttigieg’s High Hopes 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “When I try to shoehorn my life into a song, it gets really ham-fisted,” he said. Beck Is Home 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z In “The Queen,” the 2006 movie based on Morgan’s script, it was the death of Princess Diana and the royal family’s ham-fisted efforts to manage the public’s hysterical outpouring of grief. How the Man Behind ‘The Crown’ Made the Monarchy Relevant Again 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z But the way he has been used has been ham-fisted and amateur – a quick screen here, a bubble pass there. Given the hype, the Cleveland Browns' start has been a borderline disaster 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Finicum's efforts were poignant if ham-fisted, and probably also both genuine and also strategic, with the recognition that if the tribe joined them it would've been a very different story. How the strange tale of the "Oregon standoff" explains what happened in America in 2016 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Apple’s changes are “easy to perceive as ham-fisted” and shows Apple doesn’t understand how the changes will affect the sector, he said. Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z He started making a new kind of video—not political punditry, per se, but a bunch of ham-fisted attempts to contribute to the culture war. Joey Salads Gets Out the Vote 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z “That being said, this ham-fisted execution, against arguably one of the least likely groups to engage in violence, is going to create a set of questions going forward.” LAPD informant infiltrated left-wing activists during Trump protests, records show 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z While 23 Democratic presidential candidates scramble for attention, Trump’s 2020 campaign is quietly flipping the script from its ham-fisted approach the first time he sought elected office.” Biden benefits as Dems fear food fight 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The government's response to images of those rescuers at work was ham-fisted, with the Information Ministry calling them a hoax. When disaster hits, Indonesia's Islamists are first to help 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The government’s response to images of those rescuers at work was ham-fisted, with the Information Ministry calling them a hoax. When disaster hits, Indonesia’s Islamists are first to help 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Even so, says Mr Ash, other nations baulked at the "ham-fisted" way in which the UK chancellor went about the sale. Gold shines 20 years after Brown's big sale 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The role saw him patiently tolerate her ham-fisted and invariably thwarted attempts at social climbing. Keeping Up Appearances' Clive Swift dies 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Many ordinary Pakistanis are fed up with ham-fisted police operations and downright brutal tactics. How a 9-year-old exposed police for killing his family 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Within days, Zuckerberg published an op-ed in the local paper apologizing for his ham-fisted approach and promising to drop the lawsuits. 'A blemish in his sanctuary': the battle behind Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii estate 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Trump’s loudmouth trolling is unique to him, and copycats on the Democratic side should be chastised rather than cheered for borrowing it in ham-fisted fashion. Will the Dems get Trumped? Why I dread the 2020 primary campaign 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The Russians were not “ham-fisted” - they were highly sophisticated in their use of memes and targeting of ads. Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Democrats, as they consistently have been throughout the process with Kavanaugh, are ham-fisted in their efforts to seize on the controversy. Is it playing dumb or the real thing on Kavanaugh and Ford 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Some complained that the idea was a half-baked, ham-fisted way of bringing more recognition to commercial movies that may draw more TV viewers. Confusion, speculation and division: Hollywood's reaction to the new 'popular' Oscar category 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps after his ham-fisted private diplomacy with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, he finds it easier to retreat to belligerence and abuse. Trump’s tweet to Iran cannot bully the west away from making peace \| Simon Jenkins 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z There’s not a lot the target country can do to stop them, beyond pointing out and ridiculing ham-fisted propaganda. Why Trump’s Detractors Cry ‘Treason’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said President Trump’s “half-hearted” and “ham-fisted” attempts to distance himself from controversial comments he during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin are ringing hollow. Charles Schumer calls President Trump’s Putin walk back ‘pathetic’ and ‘weak’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Yes, Mr. President, there’s an alternative to ham-fisted toughness. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He pardoned Kristian Saucier and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby as part of some ham-fisted messaging strategy. So much for 'law and order': Trump finds new ways to abuse his pardon power 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Their first attempts, such as a mid-50s pamphlet called The Negro in American Life depicting happy African American families living in suburban communities, were ham-fisted and dishonest. When America's hottest jazz stars were sent to cool cold-war tensions 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Doing that, years ago, would have been the action of responsible, adult university leadership - as opposed to the ham-fisted approach DiStefano took. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The move was slammed on social media for being a ham-fisted approach to a complex issue. Starbucks scrambles to rebuild trust after 'reprehensible' arrest of two black men 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The threats sound ham-fisted and cartoonish, almost like something out of a mafia movie. Stormy Daniels has spoken. It doesn’t look good for Trump – or us \| Jill Filipovic 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Oldman doesn't give a bad performance; he gives a grandiose one, impeccably scaled to the ham-fisted proportions of the dramatic vehicle at hand. Flash and volume likely to defeat subtlety in this year's acting Oscar races 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Only the most egregious, ham-fisted sort of pay-for-play can even be considered possibly actionable. Justice Department Dismisses Corruption Case Against Menendez 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z And then there’s the intended beneficiary of the ham-fisted endeavor: the Washington Post reported over the weekend that Donald Trump is siding with his Capitol Hill allies over the Justice Department: Trump, Justice Department at odds over dubious 'Nunes memo' 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z But, in many respects, the music industry, which may never have been so ham-fisted or inarticulate as film in areas of overt sexism, preceded the film industry in efforts to reform. Grammys 2018: not a rock guitar solo to be heard as awards embrace women and hip-hop 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z It's so busy delivering Spam-sized chunks of ham-fisted dialogue defending the misunderstood Koresh, it loses all those other critical threads that make "Waco" a cautionary tale for all sides. The problematic 'Waco' recasts cult leader David Koresh as a sympathetic figure 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z In trying to answer the question “what happened,” the film twists itself up in ham-fisted psychological explanations. ‘Forever My Girl’ sticks to Southern romance formula 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The subtext of horror today is not the Red Menace or the Atomic Age, but racism, Islamophobia and ham-fisted greed. ‘The Obama Inheritance’ spins conspiracy noir fiction about the 44th president 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar, a key American ally and home to a large U.S. military presence, is moving closer to Iran, thanks to what is widely seen as a ham-fisted Saudi-led boycott. A Saudi prince is shaking up the Middle East — and may be pushing it toward war – LA Times 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z They got a tab showing only their interactions with other verified users — a ham-fisted way of dealing with the abuse that celebrities received from regular accounts. Twitter's verification program was a mess from the start 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z For the Democrats, it’s a tax-cut bounty for big corporations and the wealthy, and a ham-fisted elimination of benefits relied on by middle-class and low-income people. In ar partisan tone, House panel starts work on GOP tax plan 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The violence was over the top, the delivery was awful, and Negan’s ham-fisted introduction sent the entire show into a narrative and ratings tailspin it’s never recovered from. The Walking Dead can’t make its villain both a monster and a buffoon 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z “They’re politically very astute in a whole bunch of areas but in issues management and parliamentary management they seem to be ham-fisted,” said Andrew Graham, professor at the school of policy studies at Queen’s University. Canada's Liberals look to economy to guide them past ethics scandal 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s just such a stupid and ham-fisted way to force users into taking certain actions; like Samsung not letting you do anything with the Bixby Button but launch its also-ran assistant. You can remap the squeeze functionality on Google’s Pixel 2 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z If Trump World threatened to hurt an entire state as some kind of ham-fisted attempt at political extortion, there should be an official examination. Trump administration to get away with alleged intimidation tactics 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Because Apple provides detailed instructions on how to actually build a secure device, the review process should prevent major security mix-ups long term from inexperienced or ham-fisted device makers. Apple has proven me wrong about HomeKit 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The recruitment efforts grew more ham-fisted with time. Behind Legislative Collapse: An Angry Vow Fizzles for Lack of a Viable Plan 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z “They’re politically very astute in a whole bunch of areas but in issues management and parliamentary management they seem to be ham-fisted,” said Andrew Graham, professor at the school of policy studies at Queen’s University. Canada's Liberals look to economy to guide them past ethics scandal 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z According to The Guardian, some of its recipients have dubbed it "a ham-fisted attempt to avoid controversy". Bafta TV awards: What to look out for at this year's ceremony - BBC News 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z If you manage to keep yourselves in the Premier League, that will be fine reward for a season of ham-fisted hilarity. The Premier League teams’ ineptitude index 2016-17 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z It remains, as it was meant to, a reproach to all ham-fisted intellects and deskbound brooders. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “Using air power in this late phase of a counterinsurgency is ham-fisted,” Mr. Page said. Death Toll in Mistaken Bombing of Camp in Nigeria Climbs to 70 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z But then came a fateful call from the pit wall, a ham-fisted coded message designed to circumvent the ban on team orders - but its true meaning came through loud and clear. Felipe Massa: Why does Formula 1 love retiring Brazilian driver? 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z A combination of desperate defence and ham-fisted Australian handling at key moments meant Wales did not concede during the fly-half's absence. Autumn international: Wales 8-32 Australia 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Isis, a byproduct of ham-fisted western social engineering in Iraq, gained new ground, pushing back the Syrian army as well as rival anti-government forces. Russia came to Syria to fight terrorists. And we are succeeding \| Alexander Yakovenko 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z “Hacking the DNC and Democratic congressional campaigns and then the leaking of stolen emails is somewhat ham-fisted, but it’s an escalation of Russian disinformation campaigns,” he said. Entire US political system ‘under attack’ by Russian hacking, experts warn 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Times, Gary Goldstein didn’t quite see things the same way, finding the film to be “such a maudlin, ham-fisted dud, it deserves little more than footnote status.” Indie Focus: Getting wild with Toronto, Jerry Lewis and 'White Girl' 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the movie, written and directed by Daniel Noah, is such a maudlin, ham-fisted dud, it deserves little more than footnote status. Nothing in the woeful drama 'Max Rose' will make the Jerry Lewis career-highlight reel 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z As for this clumsy movie’s own missteps, one of them is a free-fall of knowing exactly where its ham-fisted, head-scratching mix of fantasy, potboiler and family drama is headed. 'The 9th Life of Louis Drax' doesn't survive the free-fall of obviousness 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Predictive texting keeps growing in sophistication, with the latest varieties using neighboring words to more accurately estimate the ham-fisted typist’s intended meaning. The death of garbage in, garbage out 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z It might be tempting to dismiss these videos as ham-fisted propaganda doled out by an out-of-touch Chinese Communist Party. China's Propaganda Machine Has Been on a Video Spree 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The first is how ham-fisted the alleged corruption seems. Cash in bin liners, please 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The ham-fisted farce in Damascus three years ago is my historical reference. Corporate media’s Turkey spin: “Attempted coup” bears the marks of an authoritarian power grab orchestrated by Erdoğan 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Trump is trying, but his efforts are ham-fisted. Trump’s pro-life pandering: He’s clueless on the issue — but he’d still find a way to destroy reproductive rights 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Avid film buffs, the two Nazi leaders recognized the power of cinema in shaping public opinion and begrudgingly understood the effectiveness of American blockbusters compared to the ham-fisted propaganda films produced by the Nazi Party. The Strange, Forgotten Story of the 'Nazi Titanic' 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z “The people of Libya deserve better than this sort of ham-fisted obstructionism,” he said. Libya’s Unity Government Defies Air Blockade to Reach Tripoli 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Consequently, their strident denunciations of the BJP's ham-fisted tactics tend to ring a bit hollow. Viewpoint: India's tortured debate on nationalism and free speech - BBC News 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z And all the while it’s impossible to comprehend what’s happening because of the ham-fisted editing. Brutal, inane ‘London Has Fallen’ is even worse than the original 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The agency’s ham-fisted attempt a few years ago to target tea party groups in this regard triggered a Republican political backlash and weakened its ability to deal with the problem. The IRS gives up on fighting ‘dark money’ 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z But there’s also no reason to be ham-fisted, sexist and dictatorial about it. Recent Kansas Editorials 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The first episode of the miniseries makes several ham-fisted mentions of September 11th, which makes sense; September 11th led to much more widespread government spying. Review: The X-Files is back, but the fight for the future is over 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z What sounds easy and ham-fisted is earned by its sheer unexpectedness, like a guarded friend opening up. The Grinder is turning into a worthy descendant of Arrested Development 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Its messy tangle of fear, anger, relief, and anguish lays bare Henry’s simple sad-to-happy arc as ham-fisted kitsch. Verge Fiction: The Empathy Machine 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The rout appeared to be linked to weak economic data and concerns about the currency, but was exacerbated by a ham-fisted attempt to regulate the market. Chinese stocks slip again, deepening worries over Beijing’s handle on crisis 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Now that growth is slowing, the challenges multiply and Beijing's ham-fisted handling of its stock market turmoil this week is eroding the image of China's Communist Party leaders as a skilled managers. Calm returns to China's stock markets after torrid week but underlying reasons for the turmoil remain 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z At its most ham-fisted, it’s outright plagiarism, while in the hands of the masters, the contraband becomes inflected, ingrained, inconspicuous. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The Germans are very direct but this isn’t just some ham-fisted approach to delve into the American market either; there are roots here. Why German soccer wants American players 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z If the prequels felt like a grab bag of ham-fisted shout-outs with shoehorned origin stories, Abrams’ film simply sets up shop in the middle of a long, ongoing narrative and tells its little piece. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — our spoiler-free review 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Genetic engineering is typically ham-fisted: it often involves inserting a large section of DNA from an entirely different kind of organism — often in another kingdom — with little control over where in the genome it lands. Agriculture: A new breed of edits : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, who was on the Town Council at the time, said it was a “ham-fisted” response from the government. Immigration Sanctuary Ban Creates Uncertainty in North Carolina 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z This is the sort of ham-fisted corporate overreaction that serves no purpose but to keep customers at arm's length. Contact AT&T's CEO, hear back from his lawyer 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z But for all the tears shed, blood spilled, chests beaten and anthems sung, the movie's grandiose emotional quotient never feels any more real than its ham-fisted dialogue, dubious accents, strained "Kumbaya" moments or eclectic hairdos. 'Dragon Blade' visually grand, emotionally hollow 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z This has led many to believe that China will grow more slowly than anticipated, while Chinese leaders’ sometimes ham-fisted policy moves in recent months have raised questions about their ability to manage the economy. China Can’t Sink Us 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Now the attempts to reduce the value of the yuan are being conducted in an equally ham-fisted fashion. China's economic mandarins are proving to be human after all 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Obama also emphasized a need for inclusivity, referencing some of the government’s ham-fisted attempts to curb terrorism by isolating and alienating minority Muslim groups in Kenya. Obama's Speech Electrifies Youth in Kenya 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Or is this a ham-fisted attempt to test the water by Blatter? 'Blatter fighting the dying light' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z It’s because first large, then medium and eventually even small employers started to automate their recruiting processes in the most ham-fisted and unintelligent way imaginable. The Sickening Truth About Responding To Job Ads 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z “The problem is when you execute it in such a ham-fisted way that you end up having a dragnet that ensnares most of the population — and humiliates most of the black or Latin community.” Protests likely to accelerate retreat from tough police tactics of the 1990s 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z For Australians, the ham-fisted marketing was too much, and Woolworths became the target of public backlash, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. Aussie Supermarket Chain Upsets Veterans 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Government is far too ham-fisted to repair relationships between communities. But what about, instead of more laws or technology programs, leadership that encourages these things? Body Cameras Wouldn't Have Saved Walter Scott and Won't Heal Racial Tension 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z When Mr Modi is trying hard to spruce up India's global image as a favoured destination to invest and visit, such ham-fisted and impulsive reactions cannot really help. Why India gang-rape film row is extraordinary 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z The ham-fisted tactics of the federal government are in play here, as usual.” Did the F.B.I. Encourage Would-Be ISIS Recruits in Brooklyn? 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “He’s a kid. He’s obviously scared. He’s frightened. The ham-fisted tactics of the federal government are in play here, as usual.” For Brooklyn Men, Plans to Aid ISIS Were Recorded Online and in Private 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It lumbers around ham-fisted, dazed, confused and often angry. Obama's National Security Strategy Show's He's a Post-Strategic President 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The only mildly interesting portion of the excerpts released by his campaign is Jeb’s ham-fisted effort at distinguishing his as-yet undefined foreign policy from that of his disastrously incompetent brother. Jeb’s foreign policy fiasco: Distinguishing himself from George W. Bush… by tapping Wolfowitz 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z The manual transmission came with a light, precise shifter and automatic rev-matching on downshifts that felt like cheating; even the most ham-fisted driver could row it smoothly. Review: BMW M3 sedan is more functional and fun than its two-door M4 twin 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is being far too ham-fisted by its cinematic cousins. 'Flash vs Arrow' is the Goldilocks of Superhero Media 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z But watch a more subversive fantasy like V for Vendetta and you’ll be reminded of all the character depth and narrative variety that’s sadly missing from the current crop of ham-fisted law enforcers. Superheroes don't exist to solve problems, they exist to punch bad guys 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z I would imagine independents in Maine won’t much appreciate the ham-fisted Republican tactics, and part of me wonders if such an over-the-top scheme will backfire. Republican Governors Association exploits its pawn in Maine 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The response struck many observers as ham-fisted and sexist—a reinforcement, for women in tech, of the wrong-headed notion that those who don’t seek raises or otherwise advocate loudly for themselves will be better regarded. Satya Nadella and the Corporate Concept of Karma 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The result was that attempts to appeal to Scottish voters often came across as ham-fisted. Special Report: Scotland stays in UK, but Britain faces change 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z This was his first opportunity and he was a bit ham-fisted about it and got it wrong. Mercedes row good for F1 - Coulthard 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z No, it's a ham-fisted rendering of "more powerful personalised services". Rogeting: why 'sinister buttocks' are creeping into students' essays 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Still, China's messages of peace can come across as ham-fisted to those it's trying to court. With one eye on Washington, China plots its own Asia 'pivot' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z So are the junta’s ham-fisted attempts at buying off the masses. Coup? What Coup? The Thai Junta is Denying Everything 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z No, looking back at some of my ham-fisted drawings of the time, I realise the Mr Men must have kicked the yearning off years before that. The Mr Men inhabit a godless universe. It's a brutal existence 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z A “Contract With America” is a ham-fisted way of nationalizing those races – it says “America” right there in the title, after all. The right’s transparent new sham: New “Contract With America” will not be new at all 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Then the Night’s Watch attacks—in quite possibly the worst, most ham-fisted way possible. 'Game Of Thrones' Season 4, Episode 5 Review: You Win Or You Die 2014-05-05T04:50:00Z This ham-fisted approach to life typifies LeBlanc's character in the show, which is full of digs at the shallow showbiz culture of LA. Brits abroad - Episodes returns 2014-05-05T02:27:36Z That is, until my ham-fisted lessons on the operating system started up. How to Be a Better Son or Daughter 2014-03-24T12:00:00Z The project is technically feasible, and even ham-fisted programmers will eventually get the code right. ObamaCare's Web Site: Too Much Help Will Slow The Project 2013-10-21T17:45:00Z The finale to Dexter was an embarrassing, ham-fisted disaster. Critics praise Breaking Bad finale 2013-09-30T10:54:05Z It’s also about the most ham-fisted way to tackle this subject I can imagine. 'Hotline Miami 2' Draws Criticism Over Controversial Rape Scene 2013-08-17T20:28:00Z Inverdale said the remarks, made on BBC Radio 5 live ahead of the Wimbledon women's final on 6 July, were "clumsy" and "ham-fisted" and had "understandably caused something of a furore". Miller concern over Inverdale remark 2013-07-18T06:51:54Z Speaking on air on Sunday, he said he was sorry "if any offence was caused" by his "ham-fisted comments". Inverdale sorry for Bartoli remark 2013-07-07T12:25:47Z The BBC presenter made an apology at the beginning of Sunday's coverage of the men's final for his "clumsy" and "ham-fisted" comments, which he said had "understandably caused something of a furore". 674 complain over Inverdale comments 2013-07-08T10:39:04Z Banning staff from promotion due to Facebook gaffes exposes a ham-fisted approach to social media. Facebook comments get civil servant banned from promotion 2013-06-20T07:06:48Z And at a moment when Republicans in Washington look ham-fisted, inflexible and incapable of governing, Christie is poised to show a demoralized post–Mitt Romney GOP how to regain its majority status. TIME's New Cover: Chris Christie 2013-01-10T03:10:00Z A good deal of it has made the home unions look positively ham-fisted. Unbeaten All Blacks aim to complete unexpected journey against England 2012-11-30T22:00:01Z Subsequent attempts by Huawei to expand in the United States have also failed for similar reasons, and because of Huawei’s ham-fisted, amateurish public relations efforts. Huawei, ZTE, and the Slippery Slope of Excusing Protectionism on National Security Grounds 2012-10-09T16:05:11Z But bigger worries predate the glitch, not least the ham-fisted handling of quarrels over existing domains. Internet domain names: .combat 2012-05-31T15:05:28Z They’re as confusing, suspenseful and occasionally ham-fisted as the rule of Russia itself. The TV Watch: Putin?s Rivals in Russia Gain a Place on the Air, for Now 2012-02-14T01:30:58Z "I expect the road ahead to be difficult," said Maturo, whose ham-fisted response to the rift in his community has become national news. Connecticut police chief resigns amid civil rights scandal 2012-01-30T18:47:05Z The new WikiLeaks Spy Files show that that the new era of surveillance goes far beyond phishing schemes and ham-fisted spyware installations by rogue organizations. The spy files, the Internet arms bazaar and the new reign of terrabytes 2011-12-02T23:19:22Z Early efforts by Mr. Putin to reassert authority in former Soviet countries were often ham-fisted. As Kyrgyzstan Votes, Some Consider Russia 2011-10-29T17:16:50Z The “arrogance” the world seems to find so unappealing in America might be due to our ham-fisted approach to knotty problems. Turning Box Cutters Into Plowshares: Part I, The Challenge 2011-09-11T16:18:41Z Third, allow immigration policy to be driven by economic needs rather than arbitrary targets and ham-fisted regulation. My plan B for the economy 2011-07-27T15:56:00Z Still, the regimes' ham-fisted response was over the top he said. In Libya, It's Not Just If Gaddafi Goes, But How 2011-04-15T02:45:23Z This NRA was a massive and sometimes ham-fisted program aimed at realigning the relationship between industry, labor and agriculture, and which, in 1935, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. The fight that just won't die 2011-04-10T15:01:00Z It is a farce that began with Capello's ham-fisted handling of the captaincy. Fabio Capello's cast of extras shows regime has lost the plot 2011-03-28T23:06:01Z Call them "crass", "crude", "chaotic" and "ham-fisted", then. Tory press defenders of Middle England rail against the toffs 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z But the coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still seems ham-fisted in the way it presents Israel's case to the world. Can Israel Learn How to Make Its Case? 2010-06-11T17:00:00Z The move spooked investors at the time and was condemned as ham-fisted interventionism by market experts. 'Naked short-selling' faces European ban 2010-06-09T11:35:00Z The Obama Administration, which hardly created the MMS mess, has been ham-fisted in fixing it. Washington's Revolving Door: How Oil Oversight Failed 2010-06-09T08:40:00Z Two House Republicans today are moving to unseal court records of Sholtz’s federal prosecution in a ham-fisted effort to hurt President Obama’s chances for a carbon market. Does the Climate Bill Have a Chance? 2010-05-10T17:06:00Z “This is just so ham-fisted,” said Dayan Jayatilleka, a political analyst who was once Sri Lanka’s envoy to the United Nations in Geneva. 2010-02-08T20:32:00Z Well, I got tired having a ham-fisted Dutchman pawing me and closing my mouth with his big splay fingers. The Dark Star And he had an idea that this Karl might easily be the big, ham-fisted German who had tried so earnestly to stifle him and throw him from the vestibule of the midnight express. The Dark Star
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