Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scores just kept coming for the Crimson in those early weeks of the season, as the offense, led by junior attacker Mike Eckert and senior attacker Jamie Ames, cranked out goal after goal on helpless opposing goalies...
...rode home in the 1973 Belmont Stakes to capture horse racing's Triple Crown, it wasn't as much of a victory as a coronation. It was expected, like the Red Sox reaching the World Series once a decade only to lose in seven games, or Janet Evans shredding helpless coeds in the water while at Stanford...
Sometimes, the real world intrudes on lifehere, but current events rarely leave lastingmarks. As a first-year, I watched with uttersadness as my hometown, Los Angeles, went up inflames. Desperate to be involved, I attended avigil to mark the Rodney King verdict, but it onlymade me feel more helpless. After Oklahoma Citywas bombed in April, students talked about it inthe dining hall for a day or two, but that wasall...
...because a poll of listeners clearly supported keeping Liddy on the air. Sure enough, those calling in to support Liddy would be innocent and good people. They watched the aftermath of bombing with the utmost curiosity. As long as nobody they knew or loved had fallen victim, lying helpless and hopeless under the collapsed building, the entire event was merely news only for them. They might even find the non-traditional, unheard-of rhetoric on the air waves interesting. Truth be told, however, to some who view our world in different eyes, these talk shows offer nothing but encouragement, agitation...
From Tadros's description, one would think that the War of Independence was the victory of a powerful Israeli army over a helpless civilian population. It was not. The moment Israel's independence was announced, the surrounding countries immediately attacked. All of them, except Egypt, remained in a permanent state of war with Israel until the 1990s. The miracle of independence is at once the miracle of survival...