Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...point out the errors of public officials, he deems it unfair to blame Presidents for "everything from the generation gap to the price of bread." And he especially deplores "criticism of their character, in terms so stark that it makes them appear monsters who have imposed themselves on a helpless people...
...doubtful, however, that by itself even a strong President's moral presence could make the country whole again or cure the sense of anomie that afflicts so many Americans today. More and more people feel that they are helpless at the mercy of forces beyond their control...
...make our code realistic? Proclaim to the world that a captured soldier is regarded as a puppet while in enemy hands. As such, he will mouth words or write documents as his captor dictates. Thus, the propaganda value of a "confession" will become insignificant, and the helpless prisoner will be spared opprobrium for being human...
...Rather, this play is foremost a work about communication. Joey and Murph, the two violent toughs, are as lost as the Indian. They find themselves in a world where their mothers are whores, love has no relevance to them, and nothing makes any sense. They must step on a helpless creature, if only to prove to themselves that they are alive...
...beginning of public wisdom is to understand the criminal's mind. On this score, Psychiatrist Menninger is a persuasive teacher. After studying criminals for almost half a century, Menninger, 75, has concluded that most of them are "helpless" people who seem to have had fouralternativesinlife: activism,conformity, insanity, criminality. The criminal, who may be escaping madness, commonly seeks vengeance against real or symbolic tormentors. He is sure that society is wrong, not he. Ironically, the whole legal system tends to confirm his notion. For one thing, trials are mainly contests between lawyers, not impartial efforts to diagnose misfits...