Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Several spectators volunteered to be the objects of Mr. Collier's caricaturing, much to the amusement of the audience, which stamped and cheered as in a few, deft strokes Mr. Collier exaggerated the facial characteristics of the helpless and grinning victims...
...Mail pilot's reserve and was pressed into service during the holiday rush. He flew away from May wood Field, Chicago, at 7:10 one evening and, sailing westward, encountered a blinding snowstorm near Kaneville, Ill. His motor failed. A pilot under such conditions is helpless. He cannot tell where there is a spot to land; he cannot guess whether the earth is thousands of feet away or grazing the wheels of his landing carriage. Sergeant Gilbert, moreover, was not familiar with the route. He decided that a crash was unavoidable. He jumped...
About Senator William E. Borah's reelection there seemed to be no question. A huge majority for him could be seen rolling up on Idaho's peaks, though he was detained on a rat hunt (see Page 3) in Washington, helpless to help it roll. Few Republicans could hope for a higher compliment than that paid Senator Borah by the rabidly Democratic New York World, which published an editorial addressed to the people of Idaho, imploring them not to fail in their duty of reëngaging this valuable national servant...
...inexperienced Crimson soccer team lost its first league game Saturday to Pennsylvania at Philadelphia 5 to 0. The weak forward line was helpless before the veteran Pennsylvania defense, while the Crimson backs were unable to cope with the home team's attack...
Four tired, dripping, happy horsemen guided their lathered ponies across International Field, at Meadow Brook, L. I., toward the official box of the U. S. Polo Association. They were the Four Horsemen of America's polo apocalypse and had just left their English opponents tranced and helpless a second time before wondrous revelations of speed, strength, skill with mount and mallet. Said the Scoreboard: "U. S., 14; England...