The labyrinthine subplots that had riddled earlier baroque opera were eliminated. Hence, even the most simple economic concepts were often riddled with contradictions. The bureaucracy was riddled with graft, corruption and inefficiency and was unprepared for war. This proved problematic since the videotapes were often riddled with technical difficulties. In idleness the army again became riddled with corruption and inefficiency. Carver believed in restoring the overgrown site, much of which was riddled with rabbit warrens. His body was riddled with some twenty bullets. As drama and as cinema, "Cleopatra" is riddled with flaws. Makley was mortally wounded and Pierpont was riddled with bullets. This area is also riddled with ravines and sinkholes. Splinters riddled much of the adjacent structure as well. Okuru is riddled by flaming arrows, but miraculously remains standing. Orin is riddled with guilt and kills himself as well. Injuries also riddled the team as they struggled through the season. They were portrayed as being riddled with trachoma and as being unclean in general.