Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...relations with the independent Yugoslavs. At an official dinner at the Federal Executive Council Building, Brezhnev ridiculed as "fairy tales" the widespread fears that Moscow would attempt to interfere in Yugoslav affairs after the 84-year-old Tito dies. Brezhnev also belittled the notion that Yugoslavia is "some poor helpless Little Red Riding Hood that the terrible bloodthirsty wolf-the aggressive Soviet Union-is preparing to tear apart and devour...
...McCarthy era represents one of those too frequent periods in history when tolerance and rationality were abandoned in the overzealous pursuit of an ignoble goal. Such aberrations in social behavior, because they so unjustly harm the innocent, often inspire potent works of art depicting the struggle of the helpless individual against the demonic forces of the prosecution. The theme is tailor-made for exciting, socially significant theatre and cinema. When done well, the result is a deeply moving classic of the modern stage like Man of La Mancha or The Crucible; when done poorly, the result is a screen disaster...
...lest anyone go unmentioned, it should be noted that Columbia warmed up for its encounter with Brown by defeating a helpless Cornell outfit, 35-17 in New York. Cornell, incidentally, has one league triumph in the last two years: for those of you who have been on vacation, that victory explains why Harvard will be playing for second on Saturday. IVY LEAGUE STANDINGS W L T Brown 5 1 0 Yale 5 1 0 HARVARD 4 2 0 Dartmouth 3 3 0 Princeton 2 4 0 Penn 2 4 0 Columbia 2 4 0 Cornell...
...mother organization--are no more likely or able to force changes on ETS than college admissions offices. Everyone seems to have accepted the ETS line--"Well, it may not be perfect, but there has to be some objective standard. Got any better ideas?" And, in the most helpless position of all, is the consumer, whose future will probably be decided by this product that he never even wanted to buy in the first place. A rotten deal. Maybe that $200 to rent a law student isn't so high after...
...decline. But the situation is so fluid that he plans to continue polling through Oct. 31 or even Nov. 1, the day before the election. "I feel that this election will be very close right down to the wire," says Harris. "But I don't think we are helpless in finding out what's going...