| 单词 | ham-handed |
| 例句 | Painted with somewhat ham-handed flair, they contrast big, rambunctious, slipshod shapes in black or gray acrylic with negative areas of bare canvas. Art In Review: AMY FELDMAN: ‘Dark Selects’ 2012-07-12T21:29:21Z Told as realism, without the element of romantic fantasy, the story of a woman driven insane by her brother’s ham-handed treatment becomes almost unbearably bleak. Review | ‘Lucia’ unvarnished, Handel unbound: Opera Philadelphia festival strikes again 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z For that matter, “Full Sea” often reads like a ham-handed mash-up of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” and Suzanne Collins’s “The Hunger Games.” Books of The Times: ‘On Such a Full Sea,’ Chang-rae Lee’s Tale of Dystopia 2014-01-13T20:24:34Z The image presents a ham-handed metaphor, and it’s indicative of the lack of imagination that hampers the literal-minded drama. ‘Lorelei’ Review: A Rural Melodrama, Lost at Sea 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z As a result the people in this book are more stereotypes than individuals, more ham-handed cartoons than emotionally detailed human beings. Books of The Times: ‘NW’ by Zadie Smith 2012-08-26T19:49:57Z As with many Soviet films of the 1920s, a central influence for Kalatozov, “I Am Cuba” requires viewers to swallow a deluge of ham-handed and frequently troubling propaganda as the price for its formal brilliance. 6 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The audience eats up the ham-handed performance, the bright lights and whiff of super bacon sufficient in casting away their skepticism around the company. Netflix’s “Okja” soars on the back of super pigs (and a super girl) 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z But he said over all it was “so ham-handed” and “harmless” that it was unlikely to influence anyone’s opinion about the Kennedys. ?The Kennedys?: After the Debate, the Debut 2011-03-28T18:18:19Z The information here is compelling and frightening, but the movie is ham-handed. Review: Climate Change and Conflicts in ‘The Age of Consequences’ 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Yet that incongruous, almost childlike Tyson charm pokes through occasionally and makes you momentarily forget how ham-handed and manipulative the show is. Theater Review: ‘Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth’ at Longacre Theater 2012-08-03T02:00:00Z But in the sometimes-awkward tradition of network musicals, the TV movie makes ham-handed attempts to update the story in more overt, socially conscious ways. Review | ABC’s ‘Dirty Dancing’ remake is just going through the motions 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The psychologizing is of a delicate sort — far from Hitchcock’s own ham-handed attempts, which his own characters seemed to mock. The Many Selves of Alfred Hitchcock, Phobias, Fetishes and All 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z He conveys the feral junkie essence without being ham-handed about it, and evinces a genuine charm that, one senses, has allowed Nick to get away with plenty for most of his life. 'Fear the Walking Dead' Recap: Wake Up, Travis 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z But the tone becomes a little ham-handed with all the lengthy interludes of barren fields, roadside fences and tracking shots of the ever-moving Volvo. 'Barking Water': A couple reconnect on their final road trip together 2010-04-15T20:45:00Z It’s certainly too ham-handed and too synthetic to be any kind of persuasive parable about the relationship between Africa and the West. Denis Johnson’s New Novel, ‘The Laughing Monsters’ 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Some people were born with a star-tipped pastry bag in their hand while others, like me, are ham-handed with buttercream roses. The crowd-friendly cake that even non-bakers can make 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z One ham-handed way of resolving the tension is by insisting that people “Separate the art from the artist,” an especially bizarre request given how many such artists rely on associating their creations with their personas. ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’ (Among Others.) 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z But the soft-focus social media posts that made her relatable can end up backfiring when her detractors juxtapose her cultivated messages with her father’s often ham-handed ones. Is Ivanka Trump building bridges — or walking a tightrope? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z I filed it away as Nashville’s ham-handed response to the #MeToo movement, drove home, and, for a while, forgot about it. Chris Janson’s “Drunk Girl” and the Ever-Dropping Bar for Male Behavior 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Ultimately, “Dying” is less a show-business story than a ham-handed period drama. Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z That Bach was as lithe and nuanced as the Requiem was ham-handed. Review | A loud Requiem drowns fine soloists 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The political story lines are weaker and a lot of the exposition is ham-handed. Review: ‘Shots Fired’ Complicates Black, White and Blue 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z And though the duo’s plush sonorities, legato line and sense of rhapsody — often at luxurious tempos — suggested music written several generations after Beethoven, the performances never tumbled into ham-handed overstatement. Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax, partners in sublime 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Part of the enduring lure of the van Meegerens, undoubtedly, is the satisfaction of knowing that the most rarefied connoisseurs were duped by what now look to be ham-handed fakes. So Valuable, It Could Almost Be Real 2013-12-31T23:14:12Z In a ham-handed diatribe near the end of the film he denounces their materialism and self-absorption. Movie Review: ‘Little White Lies,’ From Guillaume Canet, With Jean Dujardin 2012-08-23T21:35:51Z There may be another way, at some point, to celebrate Aaliyah in film, but ham-handed, underwhelming efforts like this don’t help. 'Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B' Debuts on Lifetime 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z They initially look simple and ham-handed but then reveal many subtle details. Jess Fuller: ‘Planet Without a Body’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z At the album’s worst, it’s full of ham-handed metaphors and pop-culture references, delivered clunkily, and not because of his accent. Music Review: A Rapper Loves America, but Don?t Expect Another British Invasion 2011-02-09T23:53:47Z But instead of blending into the fabric of this novel, the author appears at every turn, peeping around ham-handed metaphors and too-aptly named characters, such as Steve Zipp and Tyler Waites. ‘You Don’t Have to Live Like This’ review: Trouble rebuilding Detroit 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z What’s justified or necessary from a historical standpoint, though, can get monotonous in dramatic terms when it’s presented in ham-handed and obvious ways. Review: ‘Warrior,’ Pitched by Bruce Lee and Made by Cinemax 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z For the first section of the movie, three story threads are intercut in a ham-handed, arrhythmical way. ‘Maybe I Do’ Review: Lukewarm Liaisons 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “Mrs. Lincoln prefers a night at the theater,” someone says at the beginning — a ham-handed bit of foreshadowing that is sadly typical of the film’s dialogue. | 'The Conspirator': History?s Loose Ends, and a Tightening Noose 2011-04-14T22:29:34Z One criticism is that it plays like ham-handed anti-Japanese propaganda, something that’s not uncommon in China but unlikely to win much support abroad. Christian Bale Roughed Up in Failed Attempt to Visit Chinese Activist 2011-12-16T16:21:49Z At the beginning of his career such collaborations were rare, and often ham-handed. Nate Dogg, Hip-Hop Collaborator, Dies at 41 2011-03-17T04:31:55Z Expect to chuckle rather more softly at Shakespeare & Company’s immensely warmhearted and somewhat ham-handed version, adapted and directed by Jenna Ware. Goldoni’s ‘The Servant of Two Masters,’ in the Country 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z And draws attention to a potentially sensitive issue in the ham-handed way of politicians on the stump. Social Q?s: Social Q?s: Lonely Hearts Club Ban 2010-08-05T22:31:00Z The old Co-Op was the Grand Central Terminal of aspirational retail, a scrum of high and low, luxe and ham-handed hip. Critical Shopper: Critical Shopper ? Barneys New York 2011-11-22T21:53:37Z That’s the intended gesture with this slight, and slightly ham-handed, nugget of Americana. Perspective | Trump’s presidential turkey pardon felt like a reality show meets absurdist theater 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s all a bit ham-handed — and that’s before we even get to the plot to assassinate President Roosevelt. Rounding Up the Spies of World War II in 4 New Books 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Painted with feverish, ham-handed bravura, Mr. Fischl’s images are like snapshots censored from an otherwise wholesome family photo album. Searching for Light in the Darkness of the ’80s 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z As stand-alone TV, it plays like a ham-handed “This Is Us” flashback. Adapt or Die 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “I’m not living my life,” Jean Remy, the hero of the well-meaning but frequently ham-handed “Jean Gentil,” tells a companion as the two find shelter for the night under a bridge. Movie Review: ?Jean Gentil,? by Laura Amelia Guzm?n and Israel C?rdenas 2012-04-20T00:28:13Z In truth, the problem with “Holler” wasn’t really the music at all, but the ham-handed, sentimentalized story line concocted to underpin it. Closing of ‘Holler if Ya Hear Me’ Raises Questions 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z While I’m no police psychologist, a ride to the police station seemed a bit early in the game to me to start the ham-handed good cop routine. My Prague nightmare: I had never even attempted to kill anyone — why was I under arrest in this foreign city? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z There was the drama teacher who endured and even encouraged my freakish experimental performances and thinly veiled cries of rage, expressed through ham-handed “lyric” personal poem-monologues. On LGBTQ allies and angels, and Stonewall at 50 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “My Name Is Hmmm ...” has its magical moments, but they are sabotaged by the director’s showy, ham-handed technique applied to a frustratingly threadbare screenplay that leaves you wanting more. ‘My Name Is Hmmm ,’ a French Road Movie 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Both in their own way document the race and gender inequity endemic to the institution, and its often ham-handed attempts to course-correct. … It’s the Oscars that Got Small 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z On a deeper level it is a searching, somewhat ham-handed allegory of American hubris in the 21st century and a bleak assessment of the country’s wobbly moral compass. Movie Review: ‘At Any Price,’ Directed by Ramin Bahrani 2013-04-23T22:09:27Z If the TMZ Selfie Tour could help me look like even slightly less than a ham-handed buffoon in pictures of my own taking it would be worth the price. TMZ's new 'selfie' tour of Hollywood isn't just for Gen Z 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Other Republicans insist Mr. Trump’s polarizing rhetoric and ham-handed endorsements are to blame for the party’s struggles at the ballot box. Ronna McDaniel’s staying power as RNC chair put to the test 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Still, gun control advocates had criticized the law as ham-handed and unlikely to be used by families who don’t want to traumatize a loved one by having them taken into custody. Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings. Some say more is needed after Lewiston killings 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Compare that with the MSN version, and it becomes obvious how ham-handed—and simple—the spinner algorithm was. Don’t Blame AI. Plagiarism Is Turning Digital News into Hot Garbage 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s a ham-handed, but dangerous, attempt to slip religious nationalism in the back door of one of our country’s most cherished and beneficial institutions: the local library. A plot twist in the misguided efforts to shut down Dayton's library | Yakima Herald-Republic Editorial 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Attorney Harry Litman wrote that the report described "multiple crimes" and "ham-handed conduct reminiscent of Watergate." “Multiple crimes”: Legal experts say Georgia texts “connect the dots” right “into the Oval Office” 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The Criminal Division of the Justice Department has nothing to do with appointing judges, and Bratt seems far too experienced and respected for such a ham-handed intimidation attempt. Column: Here's Trump's outlandish and dangerous plan to beat the classified documents case 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Greece’s foreign ministry made a ham-handed bid to get rid of the hot potato by sneaking Ocalan out of the country and trying to hide him in the Greek Embassy in Kenya. Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former foreign minister, dies at 84 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z But some critics have called the policy ham-handed, saying that it has shaken consumer confidence and damaged the rupee’s integrity. India Is Scrapping Its Largest Bill. The Race Is On to Spend It. 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z There is evidence that the messaging, though ham-handed, has played well in many of the places Wagner operates. Russia's notorious private army tries to retool its image. Welcome to the Wagner-verse 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Such a ham-handed surrender may encourage those who find individual difference too much to handle. Opinion | The Bud Light controversy reminds us how toxic masculinity can be 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Even as Pugh shows she can still make the most of this painfully hollow and ham-handed story, the entire experience is defined by her working against the film’s downward narrative trajectory. Review: It’s hard to find the good in ‘A Good Person’ (except Florence Pugh) 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z “He is playing partisan politics in the most obvious and ham-handed way,” Congressional Integrity Project Executive Director Kyle Herrig said of Mr. Jordan. House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Big Tech executives as content moderation probe escalates 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z “Government is inherently ham-handed picking winners and losers.” States cut grocery taxes to relieve rampant food inflation 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Indeed, “The Son” is so ham-handed, so hysterically pitched and manufactured, that’s it’s difficult to believe it emanated from the same hand that brought such skill to limning the shifting cognitive realities in “The Father.” Review | ‘The Son’ will make you squirm, for all the wrong reasons 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z She essentially called environmentalists “boneheaded,” “oafish,” “ham-handed” and “stupider than the right.” Opinion | The future for gas stoves should be dim 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Conservatives were right to push back against the idea of a ham-handed government mandate based on less-than-rock-solid evidence. Opinion | Environmentalists have a blind spot in the debate over gas stoves 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Irascible and uncompromising, Mr. Lois creating witty, irreverent campaigns that shattered the ham-handed advertising conventions that had relied on testimonials and romanticized images. George Lois, 91, Who Brought the Counterculture to Advertising, Dies 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z But the timing of the letter’s release was spectacularly ham-handed. Bipartisanship on Ukraine was nice while it lasted 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z At best, she is throwing a staff member under the bus for releasing an explosive letter that was ham-handed in the first place. Jayapal’s Ukraine letter blunder: Leave diplomacy to diplomats 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z He already brought down one government, led by former Premier Giuseppe Conte, in a ham-handed power grab that cost him his post as interior minister. EXPLAINER: Is Meloni a far-right firebrand or moderate? 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Fetterman has portrayed Oz as elitist and an interloper, criticizing his attempts to connect with the state's working class as ham-handed. Factbox: Eight U.S. Senate races to watch in November's midterm elections 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The target’s ham-handed arms hang limply at his side, as if, like Bryant, he has been blindsided by the slapstick assault. Review: At MOCA, painter Tala Madani playfully smashes the patriarchy with pie 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z California has a habit of pursuing well-meaning policy goals in ham-handed ways. Opinion | California makes a ham-handed attempt to regulate the fast-food industry 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Critics of the war lambasted it as heartless, ham-handed propaganda, while supporters lauded the piece as illustrating how ordinary Russians endorse the conflict despite the toll. What Russians See in the News: A War Over Western Plans to Subjugate Them 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Having Star Wars alum Jackson make a thinly veiled reference to the Force feels equally ham-handed. Review | ‘Paws of Fury’ is a cuddlier ‘Blazing Saddles’ with talking animals 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The identification process was at times so haphazard and ham-handed that it left identifiable men unaccounted for, or worse, sent them to the wrong families. DNA Can Now Identify Unknown Soldiers. It Also Reveals Tangles of Old Mistakes. 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Parts of the essay are a little ham-handed, possibly because the prompt itself is nonsensical. A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Gov. Jay Inslee’s ham-handed proposal to upend residential zoning ran aground after opposition emerged on both sides of the political aisle. WA state Legislature’s big achievements fell short in key areas 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z So, if California’s ham-handed approach to pig production takes effect, there will be a lot learned. Opinion | California’s ham-fisted war on pork offers some useful lessons 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z On the surface, Bateman’s ham-handed harangue certainly looks like a fringe — even funny — story. Perspective | Why people love accusing Jews of genocide 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Sure, churches were a little ham-handed, but they also helped build universities, the very crucibles where breakthroughs and discoveries were being made before and into the age of enlightenment. Perspective | We’re living in the new Dark Ages — and it’s time to turn on the light 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z But Mr. Evans’s ham-handed undercutting of Mr. Turgeon and his audacious comments regarding his expectations for Maryland basketball evoke Alexander Haig “I am in charge here” memories. Opinion | Mr. Turgeon’s Terps were tops 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Others were little more than ham-handed brawls, including a melee in a stadium parking lot in 2015 that landed Bill No. 35 in a veterinary clinic for a week. Army Cadets Tried to Get Navy’s Goat, Again. Commanders Were Not Amused. 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Instead of persuading the world, China’s ham-handed response has become a textbook example of its inability to communicate with an audience that it can’t control through censorship and coercion. Why China Can’t Bury Peng Shuai and Its #MeToo Scandal 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Intelligence officials have long considered the emails to Democrats to be a bit of ham-handed reverse psychology, meant to make the recipients more likely to turn out to vote against Mr. Trump. United States Indicts Iranian Hackers in Voter Intimidation Effort 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Some teachers disliked the trainings, which they found ham-handed and over the top. How a School District Got Caught in Virginia’s Political Maelstrom 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z And everything is overwhelmed by Cooper’s ham-handed handling of the horror elements. ‘Antlers’ review: Atmospheric frightfest, with Keri Russell, makes some blunt points 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “Alibaba could not offer an answer that satisfies public opinion for this ham-handed inaction.” Alibaba fires manager over suspected sexual assault 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z The county, meanwhile, has dismissed the effort as ham-handed. ‘Patriots’: Trump praises Arizona election audit for sparking ‘movement all over the country’ 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z The visit in many ways marked a return of norms and expectations for a president in times of national crisis after the awkward and sometimes ham-handed responses of former president Donald Trump. Biden talks of his own anguish as he meets family members in Florida 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z While MMT is in some textbooks it remains a fringe notion that some scholars find intellectually ham-handed. Debt? Modern Monetary Theory says government can have it all 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Some of the efforts to show solidarity were ham-handed, at best: When Democrats released legislation to overhaul policing last June, they did so draped in cringe-worthy kente cloth stoles. Biden’s Sky-High Promises on Racial Justice 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z In recent months, the governor and his defenders have clung to form, ham-handed and unbowed. Andrew Cuomo’s White-Knuckle Ride 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z “This seems pretty ham-handed to me,” said Jeff Holmstead, who led the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation under George W. Bush and is now a partner at the law and lobbying firm Bracewell. EPA dismisses dozens of key science advisers picked under Trump 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z In 2019, Prince Andrew’s ham-handed defense of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sexual predator, helped send Andrew into exile from public life. In Run-Up to Oprah’s Interview With Harry and Meghan, Royal Accusations Fly 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z But the mission is clear: In so many different arenas, Scott’s ham-handed, tone-deaf and often misguided leadership led the Pac-12 astray, and adrift. Successor to Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott must have credibility to restore conference’s reputation 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z With B movies it is in the eye of the beholder whether something is ham-handed or merely concise. The ‘Purge’ Films Reveal the Ugly Truth About America 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z But it also would reduce the opening for Eyman’s ham-handed initiatives to lay siege to badly needed infrastructure projects at the ballot box. Legislature must fix inflated car-tab fees definitively 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z This is why Trump’s ham-handed attempts of late to appeal to suburban women are misdirected. Opinion | Why would any woman swipe right for this man? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The edict was also met with sometimes ham-handed measures. Xi Declares War on Food Waste, and China Races to Tighten Its Belt 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The first was professional competency, which was demonstrably flawed in two 2017 ship collisions and in Crozier’s ham-handed handling of the Theodore Roosevelt. Opinion | What it will take to fix the Navy — and who can do it 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Hollywood is scrambling, in its traditional way — late, liberal, a bit ham-handed — to catch up with this cultural moment. How Netflix Beat Hollywood to a Generation of Black Content 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Bolton says he viewed the maneuver as a partisan exercise, not a comprehensive investigation of Trump’s “ham-handed involvement in other matters.” Bolton book tells all about Trump — except what makes him tick 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z But Trump’s ham-handed attempts to negotiate a nuclear deal with Kim flopped, in large part because the president vastly overestimated his ability to win the dictator over at one-on-one summits. Opinion | How Trump’s failed ‘maximum pressure’ tactics could inspire a pre-election provocation 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Olympic and Paralympic Committee for what she felt was a ham-handed attempt at expressing solidarity with black athletes following Floyd’s killing. Star sprinter eyes a roiled nation and race in all its forms 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z "It is easy for election officials to detect ham-handed attempts like making ballot copies," McDonald added. “Bill Barr is a liar”: Trump AG floats new mail-vote conspiracy experts say “just couldn’t happen” 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “Jobs, businesses, livelihoods and much more are being permanently - and unnecessarily - lost by the governor’s ham-handed approach to reopening Illinois,” said state Sen. Jason Plummer, an Edwardsville Republican., according to The Alton Telegraph. Pritzker defends extended order, faces salon owner lawsuit 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z I, too, believe 2002’s No Child Left Behind Act was a ham-handed federal effort to improve public education and was riddled with mistakes. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: How to cover the president’s handling of the coronavirus 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “Now, Senator Johnson just flat-out conceded that this is a ham-handed effort to manipulate Democratic primary voters.” Republicans, Egged On by Trump, Scrutinize Hunter Biden as His Father Surges 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The prosecution had been as ham-handed as Simpson's "dream team" was highly skilled. Donald Trump is the O.J. of American politics — and we know how that story ends 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The administration, which has yet to be held accountable for its ham-handed response to the Hurricane destruction, should also expedite the overdue release of unused funding for hurricane recovery. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z And while Trump’s trade efforts have been ham-handed, his trade war with China is — outside of farming communities — still popular in the industrial heartland, particularly among current and former union workers. How America broke up with the Democratic Party 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Given the context, though, using such imagery appeared to be a stunningly ham-handed lapse in judgment. Italian Soccer’s Anti-Racism Campaign Features Paintings of Monkeys 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Biddle’s conduct, the filing said, “is a ham-handed attempt to send a very clear and unambiguous message: Defend those Sergeant Biddle deems prosecution-worthy and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department will come after you.” 'Hangover' producer helped a teen convicted in killing. Now he's under scrutiny 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z This ham-handed approach appears to transcend political affiliation. Perspective | Please stop making jokes about gender pronouns when people tell you theirs 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Democrats countered that the bill interferes with the doctor-patient relationship, and called it ham-handed, unenforceable and unconstitutional. Pennsylvania Senate passes Down syndrome abortion ban bill 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z An American’s ham-handed meddling in Caracas isn’t worthy of the hero treatment. This season, 'Jack Ryan' meddles in Venezuelan politics. One guess how that goes 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z She took an existing problem of her own making — in this case, a failure to articulate a plan to back up her proposal to abolish private insurance — and made it worse with a ham-handed response. How many mulligans will Warren get? 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Thursday night’s grocery tax reversal is just the latest in a series of ham-handed executions of important public policy initiatives. Editorials from around New England 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z But there may be one sector that remains too large to fail, no matter how ham-handed Johnson’s determination to watch the sun set on Britain’s EU membership. Hard Brexit could be a game-changer for the English Premier League and its players 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z "That is the calculation, and it might be clumsy — it might be a little ham-handed to say it quite that openly," Benson said. Guy Benson: Dr. Biden's electability argument for Joe makes sense, but falls apart if he loses lead 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z But his approach has been ham-handed and at times even counter to American interests and values. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Her illness has occasioned some of the more ham-handed remarks of Melville’s best-known biographers. Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The latest low point was the predictable thrashing it took in court last month for its ham-handed efforts to save the Showbox music club. Chasing the unicorn: Suddenly the liberal dream of an income tax is tantalizingly real 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z He was bragging to Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush about a ham-handed pass he had made at his co-host on the program, Nancy O’Dell: Jeffrey Epstein is Donald Trump's idea of the perfect man 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z And by commandeering the people’s park in the District as the staging area for this made-for-TV spectacle, Trump is showing his ham-handed disrespect for our town. Perspective | No tanks, Trump. Real Washingtonians aren’t interested in your party. 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z But some are saying he is ham-handed and too intent on reliving ancient exploits in the Senate. Why Biden hit a raw racial nerve on segregationist senators 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The government’s response to images of the front at work was ham-handed — the Information Ministry called them a hoax. When disaster hits, Indonesia’s Islamists are first to help 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Whitley and other state leaders faced at least three lawsuits, and in February, a federal judge halted the effort to review voters’ citizenship status, calling the process “ham-handed.” David Whitley, Texas Secretary of State, Resigns After Questioning Voters’ Citizenship 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Wolf’s office says it interferes with the doctor-patient relationship while other opponents say it’s ham-handed, unenforceable and unconstitutional. Pennsylvania House tries anew to ban Down syndrome abortions 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z The actress believes she became a target of the Mexican government because she made them look ham-handed. Kate del Castillo on how El Chapo made her broke and her return as TV drug lord ‘La Reina’ 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z It is painful to think how the 14- and 15-year-olds who were attacked in the locker room may have been victimized again by the ham-handed inquiry by school officials. Opinion | Damascus school officials must prove they care more about sexual assault than football 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z In all cases, it boils down to this: Trump’s wrongdoing was too obvious, ham-handed and pervasive to be criminal. Opinion | Trump should come with a warning label 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z A Republican strategist in frequent touch with the White House said some in the administration were frustrated with Mulvaney for his “ham-handed move,” describing Mulvaney as abiding by “Freedom Caucus and club for dopes rules.” Mulvaney pushes the health-care fight Trump wants despite GOP’s misgivings 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Rourke quickly tried to mitigate the damage, saying his “ham-handed” attempt at humor was a failure and saying the criticism he suffered was “right on.” Week 1: The unraveling of Beto O’Rourke 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z O'Rourke said the criticism of his "ham-handed" attempt to highlight his wife's work in their marriage was "right on." Beto O'Rourke tried to prank wife with baby poop, report says 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z O’Rourke said the criticism of his “ham-handed” attempt to highlight his wife’s work in their marriage was “right on”. Beto O’Rourke apologises for joke about his wife and teen writings 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z China’s influence push may be ham-handed compared with Russia’s, but it is well funded. Live From America’s Capital, a TV Station Run by China’s Communist Party 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z But critics of the plan saw it as a ham-handed effort to prop up Trump's political allies in the coal business. Analysis | The Energy 202: Polar vortex tests gas and electric systems in Midwest, Mid-Atlantic 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z “Giving him even more authority is a recipe for more economic chaos,” said Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, calling Mr. Trump’s approach so far “ineffective and ham-handed.” Republican Lawmaker Floats Bill to Expand Trump’s Tariff Powers 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z While McConnell did not endorse Moore in the primary, he engaged in ham-handed efforts to prop up appointed Sen. Luther Strange, even though voters distrusted the corrupt way disgraced ex-Gov. Mitch McConnell thinks it was a “mistake” that voters did not elect accused child molester Ro... 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z However, Kurtzer said the way the administration went about addressing issues with the agency was “ham-handed” by tying it to the broader question of refugee status, a separate issue that should be settled in negotiations. Palestinian refugees stuck in limbo, as U.S. moves to redefine their status 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Judging by the ham-handed con jobs he works up with his silly, spoiled son, Leo — wonderfully played by Calvin Picou — he’s also not nearly as smart. Review: In 'The Little Foxes,' all's fair in love and post-Civil War Alabama - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “It was just really ham-handed and insensitive at the minimum — and possibly worse,” said Nina Perales, the voting rights legal director at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Voting problems surface as Americans go to the polls 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z He implemented a ham-handed attempt at a “Muslim ban”: a travel ban that caused chaos and, in its early incarnations, was struck down as unconstitutional. Opinion | We have no excuses now. Our eyes are wide open. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Obscuring the difference is a ham-handed attempt at silencing opposition. Opinion | Don’t blame politicians for violence they don’t encourage 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z That ham-handed swipe was intended to make me feel the way Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh apparently does: Accused of something I couldn’t have possibly done. 88 angry emails and counting: Kavanaugh hearings deepen rift between men and women 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The hearings did not devolve into what many feared — a parade of ham-handed apologies from the executives for trying to police their networks in ways that affected certain political viewpoints. What Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg Taught Congress and Vice Versa 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Not for the N.F.L., which, in its ham-handed, Kremlin-like way, went so far as to scrub from the event’s official transcripts nearly every mention of “Trump” or “president.” The N.F.L. Stiff-Armed Trump. Now He Is Heckling From the White House. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump saw the ham-handed move for what it was: A weak attempt to sandbag a world-class athlete. Tiger Woods’ Donald Trump ‘respect the office’ remark triggers social justice warriors 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Johnson’s ham-handed humor obscured his actual argument: He opposes,... Opinion | Religious Freedom and the Burqa 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “And it was a bad joke. The fact they put that in a report just shows the ham-handed process they use.” Red Flags for Immigrant Recruits: Calling Parents, Not Laughing at Jokes 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Sometimes these are relatively minor errors — a ham-handed rendering of an author’s prose, the sort of thing a book reviewer might skewer with an acid pen. Opinion | Why Mistranslation Matters 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z “There was this ham-handed effort to make women at the show say Jeff was a wonderful person,” one producer said. Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Walker wrote that the justifications given were ham-handed. ‘Stark pattern of discrimination’: Judge makes it easier for college students to vote 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Our “environmental governor” then compounded the error with his ham-handed July 19 executive order, trying to moonwalk away by basically telling local authorities not to enforce the property rights measure. Florida editorial roundup 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The government’s ham-handed attempts at culture pushed toward foreign influences, especially American. Opinion | Mickey Mouse Works His Magic in China 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Because reality in 2018 is indistinguishable from ham-handed parody, here is what happened this week. Opinion | President Trump’s fake patriotism 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Commissioner Roger Goodell’s goal in issuing the NFL’s ham-handed and tone-deaf anthem policy on Wednesday was to bring closure to an issue that has proved irksome to the league for the past two seasons. Really dumb: If NFL’s national anthem protests needed a solution, this is a bad one 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The government helped with a series of ham-handed responses to the protests, which started in earnest on April 17. Behind Armenia’s Revolt, Young Shock Troops From the Tech Sector 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Opposition to this ham-handed law doesn’t imply blindness to the plight of ex-cons, many of whom have paid their debt to society and are hoping for an opportunity to move on from their pasts. Landlord rights trammeled by Seattle’s criminal-history law 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z And sometimes, these reboots are more than just ham-handed efforts to toss some diversity into a new moneymaking franchise. Spring Cleaning 2018: 10 things to toss 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z And sometimes, these reboots are more than just ham-handed efforts to toss some diversity into a new moneymaking franchise. Outlook's 10th Annual Spring Cleaning 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In addition to calling competing legislation “immature, petty, and vindictive,” the comptroller had previously referred to the lawmakers as “ham-handed,” and labelled a bill proposed by Kramer as “idiocy” on social media. Maryland craft brewers hope for revamped laws next year 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z And because he is bothered by Facebook’s “ham-handed” response to recent problems, the inconvenience is worth it. Breaking up with Facebook? It’s harder than it looks 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z He was so loathsome and ham-handed that even some Republicans started talking about reining in pharmaceutical prices. Martin Shkreli Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Fraud 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Then there’s the government’s effort itself, which many women in the industry describe as ham-handed at best. Japan Wants More Women in Construction. Pink Toilets May Not Be Helping. 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z But that lens conveniently obscures the fact that the most independent among them routinely — and publicly, and loudly — disagree with any heavy-handed policing and ham-handed ownership decisions that trouble them as the league’s self-perceived conscience. Acrimony F.C.: M.L.S. Teams and Fan Groups Navigate a Rocky Marriage 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z These broad tariffs with not much insight into current imbalances seem ham-handed and clearly were unwelcome by markets.” Dow closes down more than 400 points as Trump’s steel tariff sends tremors through markets 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z No, pro football in the nation’s capital is a ham-handed operation, one series of shaky decisions followed by another. Alex Smith move far from simple, clever or competent by Washington 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Introducing the tax would be a delicate task for a government prone to ham-handed policy changes. China’s Housing Market Is Like a Casino. Can a Property Tax Tame It? 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Kasich called Mr. Trump’s travel ban ham-handed and said it offended Muslims. John Kasich hints at Donald Trump challenge in 2020 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z It has a worthwhile message about having the courage to grant young people their freedom, but it’s delivered in a ham-handed way that limits its relevance, beyond the most obvious ideas. Here’s the problem with Black Mirror’s Arkangel 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Republicans may be doing this in a clumsy and ham-handed way, and the whole ploy may reek of desperation, but that doesn’t appear to be much of a deterrence. Trump's legal team wants appointment of another special counsel 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z My goal, in my ham-handed way, was to call out potential hypocrisy,” she continued. Joy Reid apologizes for ‘tone deaf’ anti-gay posts 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z And in 2015, its nearsighted stimulus and ham-handed regulation was poised to tank the world economy. Investors Have Gotten Too Complacent on China Debt 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Democratic officials have been especially troubled as their ostensible allies have responded with ham-handed scare tactics of their own and demanded that their candidates reject any policies that carry even the whiff of Trumpism. Avoiding Trump, but Adopting His Divisive Playbook: Will It Work in Virginia? 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Portrait mode is fun, and sometimes you can get really amazing results, but to me, on all three of these phones, I still feel like this mode is ham-handed. Google Pixel 2 review: plainly great 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z So did his ham-handed demands and threats to Republicans who objected to his antics. Trump might be about to launch his dumbest gambit yet to save his presidency 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The message to the gulf leaders, an official said, is that the cacophony of paid voices “is ham-handed, and they’re being taken to the cleaners by those guys.” As Persian Gulf crisis persists, alarm in Washington deepens 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z And Hoult and Spacey do their best to rise above Strong’s expository dialogue and ham-handed melodrama. Review | ‘Rebel in the Rye’: An all-too-conventional portrait of a literary iconoclast 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z In about a month, Trump’s ham-handed defense of white nationalists and white supremacists rallying in Charlottesville would prompt most of the chief executives serving on White House advisory councils to quit in protest. How to Get Rich in Trump’s Washington 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The lightly smoked pork nuzzles up to a tangy, somewhat spicy sauce, delivering a ham-handed bite with surprising nuance. 10 cheap-eats spots in Baltimore that offer more than just crab cakes 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Whether the phone calls were misinterpreted or not, it was certainly a ham-handed effort. Lesson for Trump: Hardball Against Senators Is a Game He Can Lose 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Murkowski did not take well to being muscled in that ham-handed fashion. Perspective | Mark this date: Donald Trump is now a lame-duck president 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z “It was heavy handed. It was ham-handed,” Malloy said of the administration’s approach at the summit. ‘It’s an insane process’: How Trump and Republicans failed on their health-care bill 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z There are more important things at stake in the world than a ham-handed effort to achieve revenge for Hillary Clinton’s defeat, at the expense of everything else. Consider the upside, liberals: If Trump can achieve a new détente with Russia, that’s a good thing 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z That has served to reinforce an emerging GOP view that Trump’s behavior was ham-handed and inappropriate, but not illegal or impeachable. Republicans’ emerging Trump defense: A naif in the Oval Office 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Carey played a central part in the ham-handed attempt to derail the FBI’s investigation into alleged widespread abuse of inmates and corruption by sheriff’s deputies working in the department’s massive jail system. Key figure in L.A. County Sheriff's Department jail corruption scandal sentenced to nine-month prison term 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s a ham-handed approach that presumes there are enough superfluous regulations out there. Editorials from around New York 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z For all the other complaints you’ve heard dozens of times: rising prices and poor fan behavior, outrageous parking and long walks, front-office blunders and ham-handed marketing. Perspective | They’ve had Redskins tickets for more than 50 years. They’ve finally had enough. 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Five of Losey’s subordinates filed complaints that he had unfairly fired or punished them during a ham-handed hunt for a suspected whistleblower. Navy promotes SEAL commander in defiance of Congress 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The White House-backed bill amounts more to Republicans’ ham-handed effort to thread massive tax cuts for the wealthy with popular consumer protections under Obamacare — an effort to fulfill the president’s campaign promises. The drumbeat for repeal: Republicans’ American Health Care Act may leave more uninsured than Obamacare repeal 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z One of the many ham-handed explanations proffered for his glaring omission is that too many Packers from Kramer’s era are already enshrined. Can NFL Hall of Fame find a spot for Jerry Kramer? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Sometimes, he is so ham-handed at dealing with people that it is almost as if he wants to draw negative attention to himself. James Dolan's feud with Charles Oakley: what was the Knicks owner thinking? 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z I'm just a wee bit encouraged by the concerns voiced by McCain, Lindsey and others about Trump's ham-handed, destructive executive order on immigration. Make China Great Again 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Or are a little ham-handed in their language in a way they wouldn’t be in the pages of The Times. The Future of the Times: A View From the Top 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Its decision was so ham-handed that the Justice Department hit Culpeper County with a lawsuit last month based on the Religious Land Use act. A smokescreen for bigotry: Disguising anti-Muslim bias with land-use objections 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z No one will ever know what combination of factors, including Clinton campaign errors, Trump campaign strengths, the ham-handed FBI letter and the dissatisfied mood of the country, produced Mr. Trump’s victory. A bipartisan committee should investigate Russia’s election hacking 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z But this wasn’t enough in 2014 to take back the governor’s office from Rick Scott, an able-enough chief executive but one of the most ham-handed and uncomfortable politicians in the history of the state. Florida’s Political Chameleon Is Back—Probably for Good 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The extraordinary overweighting of Mr. Trump’s ham-handed and self-defeating remark will only feed the widespread public impression that the media are trying to preordain the election’s outcome. The Media Do Scarlett 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Oliver devoted his show that week to digital-age threats to local newspapers and the industry’s sometimes ham-handed attempts to overcome them. Yes, the News Can Survive the Newspaper 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Experts say it led to a ham-handed effort that confused customers, frustrated regulators and continued to generate headlines both in the United States and at home. Samsung Stumbles in Race to Recall Troubled Phones 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Bullock’s use of state resources lacks discretion and is ham-handed. Montana Editorial Roundup 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z “It’s heavy-handed, it’s such a ham-handed attempt. Here’s his problem: People would have to have Etch A Sketch memory in their brains to forget everything he has said.” Trump woos women and minorities by pitting one group against another 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z A former Democratic elected official called it a “clumsy, ham-handed attack.” Trump: Black Voters Are a 'Focal Point' of Campaign 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Finally, these Olympics — maligned, ham-handed and dreaded, already — had begun for Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s Olympic women’s soccer team played a game, and it sounded like fun 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z So far, the campaign to woo rules committee members to support a conscience clause has been remarkably ham-handed. Dark days for Republicans as Never Trump faction eyes one last end-around 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The editing is ham-handed, and the direction by Nicholas Stoller is only passable. ‘Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising’: A socially conscious comedy plus gross-out humor 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The point being, grown-up people make choices everyday about where and how to spend their time, make ethical judgements; these kinds of strictures are ham-handed and infantilizing. Harvard Restrictions Could Reshape Exclusive Student Clubs 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z There was sloppy passing, crooked shooting, ham-handed dribbling, questionable decision-making and, over all, a general air of indifference. Tired and Depleted, Knicks Stumble to Defeat 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z “What we are looking for is to stop the kind of ham-handed and broad subpoenas that compromise the ability of scientists to communicate frankly with each other.” US lawmakers expand probe of climate study 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z But Beijing’s ham-handed response to the market’s early-year plunge, along with sudden changes to the way the country handles its currency policy, added to global investors’ concerns about China’s slowing growth earlier this year. China Markets Seem Tame in Year of the Monkey 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Her worst moments prior to New Hampshire were her ham-handed attempts to take down Sanders. The Clintons really don’t get it: False attacks and failed strategies as Hillary repeats 2008 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z His ham-handed efforts to shut down the government also won him the distinction as one of the most hated politicians in the Beltway. Ted Cruz, human dog whistle: Evangelicals — those “courageous conservatives” — know exactly what he is talking about 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But the anti-government activists say the authorities responded with ham-handed and disproportionate force against a group of Americans exercising their rights under the First and Second amendments to the Constitution. Killing of an Oregon wildlife refuge occupier has re-energized protesters 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Herring’s office called the accusation “a hilariously ham-handed attempt” to divert anger within the Republican Party over the loyalty pledge away from party leaders. Virginia GOP drops plan for loyalty pledge, but maybe too late for some voters 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Whether Iowa Republicans appreciated the faith-based politicking or got annoyed by ham-handed religious pandering will become clearer in a couple of days. This Week in God, 1.30.16 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Policies that are ham-handed and short-sighted are not the bulwark against extremism – cooperation and coexistence are. The US canceled my mother's visa as she tried to visit her first grandchild | Haider Javed Warraich 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Yet authorities were also criticized for their intervention in markets and their poorly communicated, and at times ham-handed, measures. China’s Financial Growing Pains Caused World of Hurt in 2015 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Instead, their criticism of her came off looking ham-handed. How Clinton Won the Debate Months Ago 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Opponents say Ms. Kane, the first Democrat to be elected to the job, engaged in ham-handed partisan maneuvering that cost her a law license and saddled her with two counts of felony perjury. Your Friday Evening Briefing: Syria, Bernie Sanders, Star Wars 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z China’s typically ham-handed approach to currency interventions—exemplified by its market-wrenching August devaluation—may be giving way to a lighter touch. China Changes Its Currency-Market Ways 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Her campaign has also at times appeared ham-handed: It paradoxically revealed, for example, that Clinton was planning to become more spontaneous — earning her more than a few snickers and barbs. Hillary Clinton Aired One-Fourth of All 2016 Ads So Far 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z His statement was a passionate defense, but while he’s right to continue to harp on Goodell’s ham-handed pursuit of justice, Brady still comes across as an offender trying to burst through loopholes. Roger Goodell and Tom Brady suffer from overinflated egos 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z "The United States really handled the rollout of the sanctions in a ham-handed fashion," the lawyer says, speaking on background to protect the interest of his clients in Venezuela. Venezuela Sanctions Backfire on Obama 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Based on what they consider Europe’s ham-handed handling of the bail-in two years ago, few people expect anyone outside Cyprus to care. As Cyprus Recovers From Banking Crisis, Deep Scars Remain 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z But other Democrats expressed exasperation at what they called a slow and ham-handed response to the e-mail controversy by her small group of advisers. Will Clinton’s experience be a liability? 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Under the ham-handed plan, Dems wouldn’t want a shutdown; they would be convinced that the GOP isn’t bluffing; and they’d give in to Republican demands. House Speaker forgets how leverage works 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Today’s example is Whole Foods Market, the upscale grocery chain, which was ham-handed in its efforts to keep shareholders from voting on a perfectly reasonable proposal at its annual meeting this year. In Whole Foods Backlash, a Chance to Air Out Stagnant Boardrooms 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z His ham-handed handling of an evolution question, however, and his decision not to answer questions in London during a trade mission are not good signs. Ranking the 2016 Republican field 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z His boorish grandstanding and ham-handed tactics have tarnished the reputation of the police force. President of New York Police Union Will Face Election Challenge 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The GOP leadership already lost control of the narrative and put the President back on offense after an ill-timed and ham-handed vote to overturn Obama’s immigration directives. Another Class Warfare State Of The Union 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z There has been a divisive response to the show’s first episode, “The National Anthem,” which a few viewers called, to use the worst yet most appropriate word, “ham-handed.” A “Twilight Zone” for the Digital Age | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The Lump of Coal Awards recognize managers, executives, firms, watchdogs and other fund-industry fumblers for actions, attitudes, behaviors, execution or results that are misguided, bumbling, offensive, disingenuous, ham-handed, graceless, reprehensible or just plain stupid. It’s the 2014 Lump of Coal Awards, Part 1 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z While there have been times when regulation has been ham-handed or outlived its usefulness, the argument that regulation is always bad is baloney. Shades of complexity dominate the debate over ‘net neutrality’ But to effectively address these fundamental problems requires more than just ham-handed fault-finding. Russia's Foreign Media Outlets Aim to Undermine U.S. Credibility 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Republicans feared that that could be an effective attack on the attorney general, and were relieved when Davis’s campaign handled it in such a ham-handed fashion. The likely next governor of Texas is full of Lone Star swagger. Don’t be surprised if he runs for president. Tim Miller, executive director of America Rising, a conservative “super PAC,” called Mrs. Clinton’s remark “a ham-handed attempt to pander to liberal voters” that showed “just how little she knows about job creation.” With Praise, Hillary Clinton Keeps an Adversary Close 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Social engineering in groups with those tendencies, even ham-handed social engineering, can be remarkably successful even in the face of proof of falsity. What Is GamerGate And How Did It Blow Up Into Such A Giant Conspiracy? 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Sometimes the censors demonstrated an approach that was at once sophisticated and ham-handed. Chinese Web Censors Struggle With Hong Kong Protest 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The misunderstanding, though, runs much deeper than ham-handed police vigilantism. Kabul cafe is a front line in a war over culture and social mores in Afghanistan The continuities of historical behavior assure that a wishy washy or ham-handed approach to Russian assisted crimes against humanity will only embolden revanchist elements in Russia and future aggressors around the world. To Deter Putin, Rediscover Reagan 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z For more than a year, we’ve read about the IRS’s ham-handed handling of their applications for tax-exempt status. Have We Created a Two-Tiered Tax System -- One for the Powerful and One for the Rest of Us? 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Soviet Russia was even more ham-handed in its defense of itself. Yolki Palki: Russia Spins the Malaysian Shoot-Down—Badly 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z The company’s somewhat ham-handed announcement of the largest layoffs in its history isn’t going to help internal morale much. The IBM Partnership Makes Apple A Real Enterprise Player In Retail 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z That's because absurd, ham-handed security rules are ceaselessly drilled into the minds of TSA screeners as the only way to ensure the American way of life. I was a TSA agent, and the new airport cellphone rules wouldn't stop an iBomb 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z This is not an argument to plug new data into ham-handed accountability measures, but to empower consumers to vote with their tuition dollars. The Problem With Higher Ed Isn't Too Much Debt, But Too Little Data 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z But Mr. Hu said he thought the campaign was ham-handed and ultimately ineffective. Tiananmen Square Anniversary Prompts Campaign of Silence 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Microsoft’s original idea, force people to own a Kinect so they try it and like it, was ham-handed, but it might have worked if the Kinect was ready to deliver on its promises. Kinect Isn't Ready For Prime Time, And Microsoft Is Right To Cut It Loose 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z It has also been more welcoming to performance-based art, though some of its forays — like the actress Tilda Swinton lying inside a big glass box — have been ridiculed as pandering or ham-handed. MoMA’s Expansion and Director Draw Critics 2014-04-21T04:24:05Z Mr. Bush has an uncanny ability to translate photographs into more awkward images enlivened by distortions and slightly ham-handed brushwork. Art Review: George W. Bush’s Art Exhibition at Presidential Center 2014-04-06T21:54:17Z Though its application of soft power is often ham-handed, it is no stranger to the craft, and it is already using various measures to pile more pressure on Ukraine’s economy. Ukraine's Deposed President Is On the Run 2014-02-26T06:20:25Z The ham-handed process represented bad management, not an ideological vendetta. The right’s boneheaded analogy: No, Christie’s debacle is not similar to the IRS case 2014-01-15T15:48:00Z The move to cloud is fraught with potential cost overruns, dashed expectations, data loss, and ham-handed attempts to quash “unsanctioned” projects. 10 Traits Of Highly Effective Cloud Leaders 2013-12-02T02:10:00Z Democrats are horrified that, well, Republicans were actually capable of undertaking ham-handed criminal acts and upending the Constitution in the attempt to protect themselves from the consequences of their actions. How Does Bill Clinton's Relationship With Congressional Republicans Compare To Obama's Now? 2013-10-21T17:52:00Z Americans are understandably concerned that their digital privacy may be eroded through the government's ham-handed approach to foreign surveillance. Tech firms should be allowed to publish more data on US surveillance 2013-07-18T14:45:00Z And he might not need to be roused from a slumber to investigate a true scandal, like CityTime, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ham-handed attempt at a new payroll system. Gotham: Relying on Celebrity and Machismo to Upend a Political Season 2013-07-09T01:28:04Z But even I.R.S. officials say lookout list warnings were often pursued in a ham-handed or overly rigid way. I.R.S. Scrutiny Went Beyond the Political 2013-07-05T01:11:42Z The government’s ham-handed efforts to crush protests have caused investors to flee. CHART OF THE DAY 2013-06-06T15:56:00Z That quake, which claimed about 90,000 lives, provoked criticism of the government for its ham-handed relief efforts. China’s Social Media Fuel Citizen Quake Response 2013-05-11T18:17:37Z English professors are criticizing Mr. Chwe’s book as “ham-handed scientific imperialism” and an attempt to “validate the humanities by attaching them to more empirical disciplines.” Jane Austen, Game Theorist 2013-05-10T15:39:47Z Personally, I visuals in that opening scene, but found the baptism thing ham-handed, especially when followed. Why One Player Demanded a Refund For Bioshock: Infinite 2013-04-16T14:47:14Z The ham-handed team didn’t use those exact words, but that’s how it was interpreted. Bulls' stance on Rose becomes thorny issue 2013-03-11T14:35:00Z Today, there is no greater stifler of innovation and entrepreneurship than our country’s ham-handed decision to inextricably tie health benefits to employment. How Our Health Insurance System Is Silently Suffocating Startups 2013-01-25T18:16:01Z But if you really believe you're a fan, then I say get over yourself and your disappointment with the ham-handed way the Sonics were taken from you. How NBA game has changed while game was away from Seattle 2013-01-25T03:09:06Z Besides calling the soda rules “ham-handed” and “grotesquely unfair,” Mr. Brandt also asserted that the Board of Health overreached its authority by unilaterally ratifying the new rules. Fight Over Bloomberg’s Soda Ban Reaches Courtroom 2013-01-23T20:40:07Z This sort of disaster is best remedied privately, without the ham-handed interference of government. Fear of Earmarks Sparks Split in Hurricane Sandy Aid Bill 2013-01-15T14:20:30Z You cannot respond to them in this ham-handed manner,'' she said. India Ink: Protests Over Rape Turn Violent in India 2012-12-23T13:02:46Z “When you see campaigns that appear ham-handed, it’s probably because they were written by committee and cleared through legal.” Advertising: From Hamsters to Wizards, Weirdness That Succeeded 2012-10-04T00:28:07Z But a fitting end to Samsung’s ham-handed approach to public relations. The Haggler: Samsung and a Reader’s Printer Problem — the Haggler 2012-08-18T21:25:47Z It seems a ham-handed way to create buzz, assuming that’s the goal. Why Is Microsoft's Announcement So Secret? 2012-06-18T17:38:28Z And desegregation was too often implemented in ham-handed fashion, undermining its effectiveness. Opinion: Integration Worked. Why Have We Rejected It? 2012-05-20T06:48:08Z But as Mark Kriedler writes on ESPN.com, the N.F.L. has to investigate fully because the Saints lost all right to the benefit of the doubt with their bounty system and ensuing ham-handed cover-up. Leading Off: Coaching Follies at Arkansas 2012-04-24T13:42:51Z Mr. Cuomo, meanwhile, views the mayor as haughty and ham-handed in his approach to Albany, unfairly blaming the governor for his own longtime difficulties in the State Capitol. For Cuomo and Bloomberg, the Friction Doesn?t Let Up 2011-12-24T03:28:38Z Lesson: To build a viral brand, provoke a ham-handed enemy. 10 Surprising Brand Winners of 2011 2011-12-21T12:17:30Z The legislation is a ham-handed effort to shut down Internet piracy anywhere on the Web, but it confuses "piracy protection" and "censorship." SOPA?s ugly message to the world about America and internet Innovation 2011-11-19T15:31:00Z Not all of these ads are as well done: they get clumsy or ham-handed and then cross the line, at least with some consumers. Bill Bennett Called It Right: Men Do Get Bashed A Lot in Ads. Here's One Reason Why 2011-11-14T00:05:33Z Huntsman tried to hit Romney on his record of job creation as governor of Massachusetts but flubbed an opportunity with a ham-handed reference to weekend criticism of Romney’s Mormon religion that fell flat. Mitt Romney prospers in Republican debate 2011-10-12T04:24:00Z A semi-secret drone war in that nation's tribal borderlands, involving hundreds of missile strikes and significant, if unknown levels, of civilian casualties, has been only the most polarizing of Washington's many ham-handed efforts. How Obama's destabilizing the world 2011-09-19T12:40:00Z Hazare’s hunger strike got more attention, partly because of the government’s ham-handed response. A $31 Billion Loss Creates the Biggest Tea Party: William Pesek 2011-09-04T17:22:01Z But once again, Obama's ham-handed efforts to "reach across the aisle" alienates the left while failing to appease rank-and-file Republican voters. Obama's midwest bus tour message backfires 2011-08-16T21:45:01Z "You have to remember that the majority of Weibo users are young and highly educated -- not the types to be easily duped by ham-handed propaganda," Clendenin said. Insight: China's microbloggers rattle the censor's cage 2011-08-12T15:07:34Z The manifesto describes in detail his purchase of chemicals, his sometimes ham-handed experiments making explosives and his first successful test detonation of a bomb in a remote location on June 13. Oslo Suspect Wrote of Fear of Islam and Plan for War 2011-07-24T07:21:43Z Were we simply unlucky, or were we often ham-handed and overcautious? A Decade on the Lam 2011-05-05T05:00:00Z “The trouble is, it makes the government look totally ham-handed,” Mr. Spiro said. Detainees? Lawyers Can?t Click on Leaked Documents 2011-04-27T01:56:39Z Nobody is certain if the ham-handed investigation was the product of rash incompetence or a deliberate attempt to hide the truth. A Year After Massacre, the Philippines Still Waits for Justice 2010-11-23T20:20:00Z It’s symbolic, and it didn’t gin up ham-handed symbols of Russian power to make its point. Ad attacks on China cross the line 2010-10-12T20:01:00Z But Burns belies his human sympathy for Bonds with a filmmaker's ham-handed symbolism: It's always a little darker when Barry Bonds is in the picture. Baseball according to Ken Burns 2010-09-30T13:58:00Z The White House's frustration with the story ran deeper than ham-handed media relations. Obama orders McChrystal back to Washington after remarks about U.S. officials 2010-06-23T04:00:00Z Tuesday night, Democratic insiders were expressing their anger, not so much at the outcome as at the ham-handed—and highhanded—way the unions had gone about it. Palin vs. Pelosi and Other 2010 Midterm Themes 2010-06-09T21:47:00Z Moore himself apparently meant the original version of "V" as an allegorical attack on Margaret Thatcher, and the on-screen rendition took some fairly ham-handed shots at the Bush administration. Provocative GOP video: overthrow the tyrant, in free elections 2010-04-26T13:30:00Z The former RNC official did describe the material as being in "very poor taste," especially the images of Obama, Pelosi and Reid, and that the presentation was "ham-handed." Republican Party's 2010 fundraising strategy: fear 2010-03-03T23:28:00Z I was getting ham-handed and mutton-fisted, flapping the old things every day; felt I wanted to stunt about a bit. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War As early as January 1990, sentiment on the Well had already begun to sour, and people had begun to grumble that "hackers" were getting a raw deal from the ham-handed powers-that-be. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier |
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