Word: defenceless
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...second and far more respectable viewpoint is exactly the opposite. Harvard has already swallowed Radcliffe intellectually, the argument runs, and there is a danger that it will swallow it socially, too. Picture the poor defenceless female outnumbered five to one, trying to make her way in the august councils of the Liberal Union; far better that she be allowed develop her executive and organizational talents in the smaller confines of a Radcliffe club...
Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize...
...question of the Japanese fleet against our raiders, aided and abetted by British ships from Singapore, with our fleet based in Honolulu to make sure that the enemy didn't suddenly pick up her skirts and come steaming across--tankers and all--to deal a blow against our relatively defenceless West Coast...
...ship sinkings do serve a purpose, it should be to show the nation the handicaps of sending out American ships unarmed and defenceless, at the mercy of any grim and realistic, if not "merciless" raider. A five inch gun on board a merchant ship is powerful as a defensive threat, forcing the submarines under the seas in their attacks. It gives the ship more of an even break. The sooner our ships get guns, the more chance we will have of decreasing the ghastly acceleration of lives lost...
...answer in your own voice is to be left defenceless in case of an unurgent call, and few people can disguise their voices effectively. Now-grip the telephone in your right hand and your nose in your left. 'Is the doctor...