Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Secret Rapture" is plagued with excessively glaring dichotomies. Katherine's demeanor alternates between that of a helpless infant and an angry teen-ager, while step-daughter Isobel, who is in fact her elder, assumes the role of caretaker. Marion and Isobel are the Jekyll and Hyde of siblings; Marion values money, while Isobel cherishes relationships and peace of mind...
NIXON: "If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world...
...finish his thoughts with anything but a "well, you know," comes back to haunt him as "Nothing On" strays farther from its course. His vague gestures and unfinished thoughts, sweetly endearing in rehearsals, mark him as a hopeless ad libber, degenerating from his tag "you know" to a helpless "who knows?" by the third act when the play no longer resembles its script. Garry's realization of his plight is the image of very actor's nightmare as, sweat pouring down his face, he stares out at the beady eyes of the house in horror, his mouth gaping...
After one solution to operate on her legs failed, Diana was confined to a wheelchair. Her fingers have been put in metal braces to prevent them from cramping up, rendering her helpless. She passes out into a deep sleep at random times, only awaking when Deric slaps her forcefully...
...victims suggests a lack of moral memory. "These are the people responsible for most of the murders," says one official in Nairobi. "Yes, we have to feed them. But we also have to pursue justice. I can still smell all the bodies in Kigali. Imagine these killers now as helpless victims. It's obscene...