ham-handedness

There was no onslaught, because we all recognized the ham-handedness that went into them.

Mr. Seale's triumph comes in evoking such visual poetry without ham-handedness.

Put aside the ham-handedness of the concept, which insults the heritage of some viewers and the intelligence of all.

Amid all of Woodward's maddening reports of administration ham-handedness and arrogance, unintentional comedy abounds.

His conduct contrasted sharply with that of his bungling Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, whose earlier visit was an embarrassing exercise in ham-handedness.

According to Sir Peter Masefield in To Ride the Storm, Scott "had a reputation...for determination and also for 'ham-handedness' [Masefield's quotes]".

Critics say it was another demonstration of the ham-handedness of Mr. Bush's economic team, which rarely seems to carry the power of Mr. Bush's more influential national security advisers.

The film's energy begins to flag after less than an hour, and as its pulse slackens it turns into a quirky allegory, punctuated with brilliant visionary flashes that partially redeem a philosophic ham-handedness.

A combination of governmental ham-handedness and near-zero understanding of an independent press has choked off free discussion in many former Communist states, including many of the recent breakaways from the former Soviet Union.

Still, politicians have only recently begun to venture near the issue again; there are no easy fixes for the uninsured, big solutions carry big price tags and the cost, complexity and political ham-handedness of the Clinton plan are painful, lingering memories.