Word: defenselessness
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...largest recipient of American foreign aid and is dependent upon American taxpayers for much of the same weapons and tanks used against the Palestinian population. Americans foot much of the bill for the bullets, tank shells, smart bombs, and helicopters used against the densely packed, largely defenseless Palestinian population. So when these same Americans see this violence played out on their television sets or vividly portrayed in the newspapers everyday, you cannot fault them for questioning the sanity of financing...
...canisters into the apartment and shot hundreds of rounds at the windows. Finally, an assault team of five officers, some wearing gas masks, stormed in. They encountered little resistance; the men inside were exhausted and wounded. Two who still had ammunition were mowed down. Five others, unarmed and defenseless, were holed up inside another room. Also in the apartment were a woman and her daughter, about 4 years old. As they were led away, a police officer says, the men chanted "Allahu Akbar...
...there wasn't, then this world would be given over to demons. And you know in China we have had our demons. Mao Zedong was a demon?in his eyes a human life had no value whatsoever. Deng Xiaoping was a demon?he pointed the guns and tanks at defenseless students at Tiananmen...
...Minnesota summer camp for youngsters with HIV and AIDS [Society, Aug. 12]. I believed that prejudice against kids with AIDS was a thing of the past, but your story shows that ignorance and hysteria are still with us. It is mind-boggling how people can single out a few defenseless children for rejection because they are ill. BILL HEINMILLER Athens...
...year-old daughter of his cousin J.W. Brown (who played bass in his touring band) - had been his wife since December 12, 1957. Jerry Lee was used to hell breaking loose around him, but usually he was the one who opened its cage. Now he looked pale and defenseless in the tabloid press's glare. The Rank theater chain canceled his bookings, he returned to the U.S. to find the reception no kinder, and the bride and groom found themselves the Monica-and-Bill of the '50s. Top-40 radio stations exiled Jerry Lee's music, and Sun Records issued...