Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dare to predict that Reagan's grand design will crumble under the weight of its internal contradictions, the president responds by calling these condemnations "wild charges" and warning his public not to "be fooled by those who proclaim that spending cuts will deprive the elderly, the needy and the helpless." Here the purblind Idealist in Reagan overpowers the Realist. Who will be deprived by the programs of this Man of Action if not the elderly, the needy and the helpless? Ronald Reagan, nice guy, manages to assuage fears about the facts...
...returned seven hours later, his house and car were buried. Says he: "I'd be dead if I'd been at home. There was nothing left, just emptiness and a wall of mud." Around seaside Point Reyes (pop. 700), farmers shot their cattle as the animals drifted helpless and flailing down flood-swollen creeks...
...goal, 4-3, by beating UVM wunderkid Tim Camisa to the upper righthand corner of the net at 9:10. Harvard kept the momentum for about 30 seconds, but when Messina and Mark Litton worked a beautiful two-on-one breakaway on the overanxious Crimson defense and beat the helpless Wade (32 saves) Lau, the Cats took it back, settled down, and neither team scored again...
...That business about revenge. Is that really what you want?" The boy looks helpless. "No. It doesn't matter who done it. Nothin's worth killing someone...
...really feel helpless in a race like the quarter," she said. "In the 800 and the 1500 I always have a strategy to win. My strategy for the quarter is to go out hard and try to stay ahead. Then whatever happens, happens...