Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Penn guard Ibrahim Jaaber, who finished the game with 23 points and six steals, put the Quakers up 15-5 with just under 11 minutes left until halftime. Penn would lead by double-digits the rest of the way.“It’s kind of a helpless feeling,” Harvard captain Matt Stehle said. “They’re an excellent defensive team, and we missed a lot of shots and rushed some shots.”Crimson junior guard Jim Goffredo nailed two three-pointers to bring Harvard back within 12 with...
Ryan R. Thoreson ’07, co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trangender, and Supporters Alliance, explained why LGBT students might feel more threatened or helpless when sexually harassed...
...timid," recalls Lisa. When Abby was 3, a well-meaning speech therapist taught her sign language, but her fear of speaking in public didn't go away. Friends tried to make Lisa feel better, telling her that Einstein didn't talk until he was 7, but she still felt helpless and so guilt-ridden she was ready to believe almost anything. Says Lisa: "Abby was an in vitro baby, and I wondered if that had something to do with...
...Meanwhile, the frantic efforts of relief workers like George continue. But with blizzard season setting in and supplies short, he feels increasingly helpless. "There's just not enough aid getting up the mountain," George says. "And we're running out of time...
Bono grasps that politicians don't much like being yelled at by activists who tell them no matter what they do, it's not enough. Bono knows it's never enough, but he also knows how to say so in a way that doesn't leave his audience feeling helpless. He invites everyone into the game, in a way that makes them think they are missing something if they hold back. "After so many years in Washington," says retired Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, whom Bono recruited to his cause, "I had met enough well-known people to quickly...