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Word: helplessly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...While helpless Mr. Turrou was on the griddle, the prosecution introduced two documents signed by Mechanic Voss. They attested that he had dealt with Captain-Lieutenant Erich Pfeiffer of the German naval intelligence service, supplying him with data including a fuel tank design. Voss found the plans in a Seversky garbage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Spy Business | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Never before this season have the Deacons worked together with the accuracy and timing that characterized their play throughout yesterday's game. Both offensively and defensively Kirkland completely outshone the helpless Mitres...

Author: By J. PHILIP Lyford, | Title: Kirkland Steamrollers Eli Champions, 18-0 | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

Throughout the first half, the Winthrop backfield, hindered by the loss of Rich Weller and Johnny Butler, was ineffective, with the whole Deacon line, notably Dave Grey, Norm Polansky, and Jerry Hall breaking in. The Kirkland backs were equally helpless against the Winthrop forward wall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans Tie Deacons O-O in House Playofr | 11/8/1938 | See Source »

...dropped out of the House football lead by a giant-killing crowd of basketball players from Adams who slew the Deacons 7-6 by putting on the finest aerial attack ever seen in intra-mural football. The once-beaten, once tied 'Coasters completed pass after pass against a helpless Kirkland defense. Another surprise result, dimmed by the Deacon upset, was Lowell's last-ditch win over Eliot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams passes Dazzle Deacons; Bellboys Sink Eliot | 10/19/1938 | See Source »

...propagandists, who deftly adapted themselves to the temperaments of their various peoples, is a real lesson in psychology. For the American people the posters are in the heroic mould. They invariably show a tall, stalwart young man about to strike down a German, at the same time rescuing some helpless woman. For the French, who were bearing the brunt of the suffering caused by the war, a more sentimental style was in order. Their posters usually show war orphans or women weeping over a dead husband or lover. For the Germans and Italians the illustrations are more savage, the favorite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/11/1938 | See Source »

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