The latest figure spread-eagled haplessly on the field is that of Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, who has managed to go from hero to zero after less than two months in the race.

最后一个在场上跌成大字型的球员正是德州州长里克·佩里，他在开始竞选两个月不到的时间内就成功从英雄变成了狗熊。

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The Tories haplessly failed to win two parliamentary by-elections; some of their donors and a few backbench MPs began to mutiny, and Mr Brown readied his party for another, early, election.

不幸的是，托利党还是没有赢得两次议会的补选；一些捐款人和后座议员开始反抗，但是布朗的党派已经准备进行第二场提前选举。

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Microsoft has certainly contributed to its own public relations woes, sometimes haplessly, sometimes senselessly.

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Yet her haplessly obscure corner of the planet becomes as central to our common existence as a street in Paris or New York.

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Dr. House makes a brilliant diagnosis, then single-handedly intervenes to save the patient, often shooing away bureaucrats and the rare nurses haplessly getting in his way.

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