Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...beast turned upon the firer, bit him furiously. White seized the fallen gun and fired the second shot, only to draw the leopard's attack on himself with such force that he was knocked down, leopard's teeth sunk in his shoulder. The two bearers were helpless from their wounds, the rest of the party at a distance. But White managed to unsheath his hunting-knife and sink it in the beast's throat...
...Krassin blushed, stammered a polite mille pardons, adjured the senators to stay, assured them that the demonstration would cease instantly. But it did not; the Bolshevik Ambassador was helpless. Greatly embarrassed, the senators left. Greatly embarrassed, the Krassins followed...
Much of the credit for the victory should go to the Crimson battery. Herrmann on the mound kept the visiting batsmen helpless, allowing only four hits, and he would have let the invading nine down without a score had it not been for the loose fielding of his team mates. His battery mate, DeRham, celebrated his debut on the University nine by netting three hits in four times at bat, one of these a long home run into right field. He caught one man attempting to pilfer second base, and played an excellent game behind...
Herrmann with the help of two fast double plays was keeping the visitors helpless. Except for Crawley, who scored after his double, no Springfield warrior got to second base safely throughout the nine innings. The Crimson meanwhile was nicking Crawley, who assumed the pitching role in the fifth, for three more scores...
Parisian Nights. If these words penetrate to Buffalo Bend and Lockjaw Junction, the inhabitants are hereby warned that the title of this conception might better be: "So This Isn't Paris." It is full of Apaches and helpless American girls wandering the streets; it is full of stealthy smiles and lizard looks; it is full of just what a cinema of Parisian low life would be full of. Of course, the head Apache (Lou Tellegen) has a noble soul and rescues the American millionaires who wanted to sculp and got lost one night...