Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more vital areas of the war. But it is Weller's view that the picture of Singapore as a decadent, liquor-swilling, escapist community is totally false. Decisions came from London, and from Lon don, too, should have come the planes without which the Malayan forces were helpless. The decision to arm and train Malayan troops was made too late and would have clashed bitterly with the prevalent opinion among many that the Malay ans were not to be trusted...
Americans were proud and delighted when they received the news of the amazing success of MacArthur's flyers in destroying the entire enemy flotilla. They cannot have the same feeling regarding the cold-blooded slaughter of the helpless...
Another matter that is being freely mentioned, even in high official quarters, [is] the destruction of "the paper cities of Japan," by aerial bombing. In plain words, this means that we propose to burn to death a countless number of women and children, the aged and the helpless. ... But Americans want no horrible holocausts endlessly to poison the relationships between our countries...
...Archbishop with his high-pitched Yorkshire-Irish brogue expressed his "unbounded indignation" at the Italian attack on Ethiopia (and defended the silent Pope as "a helpless old man"). What Pius thought of this remark is not on record, but twice afterwards when His Holiness created new Cardinals, he passed over Hinsley...
...lead, the team took exactly five shots at the basket. Every time the Varsity moved down the floor, it found a new way to lose the ball. Blind passes, stolen balls, and what passed for Eli aggressiveness all took their toll. Underneath the backboard the Crimson was helpless...