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  • Sullivan is now back for more, once again ham-fistedly mixing together sensationalized "controversies" with a shallow understanding of Church teaching and practice.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • We first noted this a couple of months ago when a lesser McCain surrogate ham-fistedly made the comparison of Obama to the hated Tiger Woods in pumping up the sad spectacle of the GOP's “champion” ...

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • We first noted this a couple of months ago when a lesser McCain surrogate ham-fistedly made the comparison of Obama to the hated Tiger Woods in pumping up the sad spectacle of the GOP's “champion” ...

    The Post In Which Karl Rove Channels Hall & Oates' Hit Single “Out Of Touch” 2008

  • Prof. SOGHOIAN: Last year, they were caught ham-fistedly trying to install spyware onto the handsets of Blackberry users in Dubai.

    What's So Worrisome About A BlackBerry? 2010

  • We ham-fistedly try to recreate a couple of fight scenes from Kick-Ass with me dressed as the baddy/Rab C Nesbitt in an ill-fitted suit, trainers and T-shirt.

    The fall guy: a day at stuntman school 2010

  • Most notably, what factors determine the growth in HDI over time, and do the Scandanavian countries actually promote these things as well... or perhaps, as seems plausible to me, they benefit from a lot of innovation and knowledge spillovers that wouldn't exist if governments ham-fistedly were trying to maximize HDI rank?

    Against the Human Development Index, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • When a conversation starts veering off topic or into cloudy territory, emoticons hammer it back into shape and ham-fistedly make amends.

    The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman 2009

  • Don't panic, the triangle probably won't be happening immediately, I'm sure they'll be setting the stage instead of ham-fistedly shoving it in.

    Comic-Con: True Blood Q&A | /Film 2009

  • Most people I talked to felt it was on-the-nose, and ham-fistedly directed.

    Bill Robinson: Sore Loser "Mountain" 2008

  • Mbeki was made in "indecent haste", was "ill-conceived and ham-fistedly handled", he said in a statement.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

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