Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Chinese had before the war? Do we not often hear that no country would dare attack us? It is this self sufficiency which is certain to come before disaster-One blessing we have and that is boundless resources for building our defense. May we never be in that helpless condition that will oblige us to buy our ships and munitions of war abroad. In the midst of unexampled commercial prosperity, is not our martial spirit disappearing? Have not a strong tendency to vote business and literary capacity far above the profession of arms...
...fall in love with the first man she sees. To make sure that Pluto shall be the man, it is decided that he shall put on his invisible cloak, follow Cupid until the shot is fired, then throw off his invisible cloak and declare his love to the helpless Proserpina...
Various phases of the employment problem are continually met. Shall the children of helpless widows be supported at home or put in public institutions? Shall the wife and children of able-bodied men out of work be cared for? Shall industrial societies fill the places of strikers with applicants for work. The societies of Boston find difficulty in solving all these problems...
...yards. "Ninety-days gun-boats" enabled the North to control the Southern rivers and defeat the "Merrimac." - (b) The weakness of the South was due in a large measure to her lack of being able to build ships. - (c) In case of a war with England we should be helpless...
When the Training Association was organized early last spring, it appeared to be eminently praticeable. For years the boarding house keepers had been charging exorbitant prices for food furnished to the athletic teams, who were practically helpless in the matter. The originators of the new plan proposed to turn all this middle-man's profit over to the teams. A house was to be rented, a suitable steward and cook engaged, and preparations completed for boarding all the 'varsity, and some of the class teams. All the large athletic associations, with the exception of the foot ball, entered the organization...