Word: helplessly
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It’s hard to make up one’s mind about Bright Eyes’ new album “Cassadaga.” Frontman Conor Oberst writes with an ear for lyrical subtleties, and he just seems so helpless and sweet with that delicate voice of his that it’s hard to hate him. But though this album may be more mature—and country—than previous Bright Eyes records, it’s hard to reconcile Oberst’s explorations of mortality, love, and time with his occasional...
...foolishly dissipated its energy and resources chasing phantoms in Iraq, Afghanistan would be in much better condition by now. The entire world-except for a few mad mullahs-supported the Americans in chasing the primitive demons out of Afghanistan. Now the Taliban is back, and the Americans are helpless against the resurgent terrorists. It is very frightening for the rest of the world too. Murli Nair, Noida, India...
...efforts in general, “This year they’re having a harder time than usual, so they had to decide to be as straightforward as possible.” Not that minorities are the only apathetic ones. All Harvard students easily forget that they were once helpless little prefrosh, too. “A symptom of the population in general is that once students get here it seems a little bit difficult for them to remember how they got here,” said Wang. “Some take it for granted that incoming students will...
...your ambitions for the Continent? At the beginning of the 1970s, I was in the Cabinet of French Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas and I watched the dollar wavering, the end of the Bretton Woods system and the first oil crisis. Faced with all that, I saw Europe as helpless, disabled and divided. I said to myself that, if this continues, it will undoubtedly mean the decline of Europe. The first measures I proposed as President of the European Commission permitted us to unite and react together against great shocks from outside, and to become more competitive...
...Iraqi local politics, it changes course, styling itself as both thriller and romance. Enter Anna Molyneux (Connie Nielson of “Gladiator”), an empathic and attractive blonde reporter who, when she is not gazing at a love interest, spends most of her time looking around in helpless horror. You can’t blame her for her reaction to the situation in Iraq, but her constant vulnerability does not help make her a compelling protagonist. Anna’s real role in the film is as a point in common among the different sides of the conflict...