Word: defenselessness
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...course, that is the beauty of animation: almost nobody takes it seriously. "Cartoons" are inherently childish, frivolous; people seem to search instinctively for their humor. If an audience were to see a child beating a defenseless live monkey within an inch of its life for a good laugh, irate callers would instantly be on the phone with PETA. However, when the poor creature is no more than a figure created with a computer drawing program (as it is in the short "Stinky Monkey"), the animal abuse is nothing less than hilarious. Spike and Mike have capitalized on this tendency...
...women of her time, was legally under the power of her husband. It was under his orders, not a doctor's, that she was confined. Brydie L. Andrews '01 gives a powerful performance as Mary Girard, showing us the strength of a woman in untenable circumstances. Although she is defenseless against the will of her husband, she is never pitiful...
Dr.Arese U. Carrington, a graduating student from the School of Public Health, inspired the crowd with her call for students to "defend the defenseless" in her Graduate English Address. Carrington's family was divided during civil war in her native country of Nigeria, leaving her and her mother to care for Carrington's younger siblings for nine months...
...taken me a long time to admit this, but here goes: I know close to nothing about computers, and my ignorance renders me virtually defenseless against the machinations of a bunch of 15-year-old kids with pocket protectors...
...family split into two groups to increase the chance of survival during the Civil War. Before he said goodbye, Carrington's father told her to look out for her younger brother and sister--to "defend the defenseless...