But this debate had a sinister overtone as well: in a ham-handed way, the Republicans tried to portray a vote against Mr. Gonzales as an act of bigotry.

In my very ham-handed way.

And he also felt like a real jerk for thinking he could beat the security system in such a ham-handed way.

"This is a ham-handed way of doing it," Mr. Cunningham said.

"I am afraid that Gabriel mishandled matters in his usual ham-handed way."

Rather, in the ham-handed way that is Pyongyang's specialty, it is meant to invite Washington to make a deal.

I can't breathe without them noticing and in their ham-handed way notifying certain parties of my, ah, problem.

Add that to the ham-handed way he came in in the first place, and-" She shrugged, and Venizelos nodded slowly.

Before his ham-handed ways had gotten him exiled from Engineering, one of his seemingly misguided enthusiasms had been holodeck technology.

But, as usual, Kerry said it in a ham-handed way that leaves him vulnerable to misinterpretation.