Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stage tends to be impressive, no matter what is sung. But the Moussorgsky was more than impressive; it was a triumph of high spirit and high decibels. The accompanists, playing what sounded like a two-piano arrangement of the massive Rimsky-Korsakoff orchestration, were heroic but more or less helpless: their tinkling didn't stand a chance against the full-bodied voices of the chorus. The music was sung in English; the translation, from the little I was able to hear of it, was appropriately martial. I am, I suppose, impressed by any loud sonority of sound, but this performance...
...fourth quarter, the varsity was beaten, and only some fine fullbacking by Tim Morgan kept Princeton from scoring. Forbush looked strangely helpless in the nets...
Several other Crimson rushes were productive until inside right Ev fed O'Hiri a through pass at 13:30. center forward out-raced two Blue White defenders and rammed the ball the helpless goalie...
...this has done much to restore faith in the school system. St. Louisans used to vote down school bond issues in helpless rage. But the board is now actively moving to overhaul the administrative system, and in next spring's election, Dan Schlafly hopes to get a reform majority for the first time. The way things are going, he will...
...began the final air attack. Hellcats and Avengers were able to make selective runs on the slowly moving, almost helpless ship." As Ensign Yoshida recalls, "Men were jumbled together in disorder on the deck. Admiral Ito struggled to his feet. His chief of staff then rose and saluted. A prolonged silence followed. Ito looked around, shook hands deliberately with his staff officers, and then went resolutely to his cabin. The deck was nearly vertical. Shells of the big guns skidded, crashing against the bulkhead and kindling the first of a series of explosions." At 1423 this queen of the battlewagons...