Word: defenselessness
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...hope she had moments of joy in what must have been a grueling life. This much is true: Sacagawea died of some mysterious illness when she was only in her 20s. Most illnesses were mysterious in the 19th century, but I suspect that Sacagawea's indigenous immune system was defenseless against an immigrant virus. Perhaps Lewis and Clark infected Sacagawea. If true, then certain postcolonial historians would argue that she was murdered not by germs but by colonists who carried those germs. I don't know much about the science of disease and immunities, but I know enough poetry...
...stark cover photo of Yasser Arafat drew a number of surprisingly dissimilar reactions from readers. "I took offense at the picture showing Arafat as defenseless and pitiful," grumbled a Los Angeles man. "It's very misleading to portray him as if he doesn't know how he got into this mess." But an Oklahoman saw something different: "That is the most perfect picture of a trapped rat I've ever seen--bug-eyed, helpless and hopeless." A woman from Florida saw a regretful expression and mused, "If only Arafat acted as contrite as he looks." And a Vancouver...
...save the Church? who cares? The question is, Can we save the children? Let's be clear. This is not "sex abuse"; it is child abuse, plain and simple. And crimes against children are the worst kind. The victims are defenseless and never deserve it. Never. GORDON GUNDERSON Port Orchard, Wash...
...times more Palestinians than Israelis have been killed in the last 19 months. Now more than ever, decent people must question the talk of violence “on both sides” that is increasingly ill-equipped for concealing that Israel is a state occupying a dispossessed and defenseless people...
...Laden or the Taliban, it's an unequal one-way war that is only causing the misery and the flight of innocent civilians... And in this respect neither the United States nor Britain are handling the 'propaganda war' very well. It is being perceived as a war against the defenseless, and the poor. Perhaps because that is what...