Word: defenselessness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...some serious objections to total abolition of infant baptism. Philip Hefner of Chicago's Lutheran School of Theology argues that the ceremony marks the entrance of the Christian into the community of faith, and that by baptizing infants the church shows that he is acceptable even when defenseless before...
Another pet theme of the NRA--as expressed in the May 1967 American Rifleman--is that gun laws disarm the law-abiding citizen and leave him defenseless against armed criminals, who don't obey gun laws...
...selected leaders who support their enemies. In Hué as elsewhere, they were unable on the whole to capture and execute the more important officials, because these men were careful to protect themselves in heavily fortified compounds, defended by soldiers and police. In Hué as elsewhere, the more defenseless ; little people were the victims-the village and hamlet chiefs, the teachers and the policemen...
Blanket commitments, of course, are precisely what the U.S. cannot afford at the moment. Our pledge to defend Korea is not a new one, but age is not the test of necessity or desirability. The Koreans are far from defenseless. Their 600,000 man army--according to American propaganda, one of Asia's best--is nearly twice the size of their Northern enemy's. And though Korea depends on U.S. industry for weapons and some supplies, this hardly explains why two U.S. divisions patrol one third the length of the 38th parallel armistice line. The need for greater flexibility...
Harvard's undefeated J.V. hockey team blasted a defenseless University of New Hampshire freshman squad off the Watson ice Saturday, 11-0. Powered by an eight goal second period explosion, the Crimson raised its record...