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Word: helplessly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Norm Shepard's first venture as jayvee football coach was a complete success yesterday when his charges, despite recent injuries, ran away from a helpless Leicester Junior College opponent. The score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '54 Football Team Plays Brandeis; Jayvees Smash Leicester J.C., 54-0 | 10/14/1950 | See Source »

...fact that they even made such a request underscores the weird unreality of diplomatic relations with the U.S.S.R. In effect, the notes say that the Western powers simply do not believe the Soviet government, and consider it quite capable of either murdering or enslaving hundreds of thousands of helpless prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Weird Unreality | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

...John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it," growled President Andrew Jackson in 1832. The U.S. Supreme Court had just ruled that Georgia could not take over the lands of the Cherokee Indians. Georgia defied Marshall's ruling and the Cherokee were helpless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Gross Interference | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

...International Court of Justice last week ruled that South Africa must not take over South-West Africa without approval from the U.N. "We will not submit," said Prime Minister Daniel Malan of South Africa. Here, too, the natives would be helpless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Gross Interference | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

Iran is a more tempting mouse. It has a lot of oil (which Russia needs), and it is militarily helpless. The trouble is, however, that Iran's Communist-led Tudeh Party is too weak to win a civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: The Cat in the Kremlin | 7/17/1950 | See Source »

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