Word: powerless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...close touch with most of the main political actors; a soldier but obviously no Prussian, he has little love for Hindenburg. His diary is peopled almost entirely with knaves and fools. Nearest approach to a hero is Schleicher, but as even Schleicher's intelligence becomes more & more powerless to stop the Nazis. he is written off as a ''trimmer." Greatest villain of the piece is old Paul von Hindenburg, who is accused of knifing Brü ning, reluctantly abandoning his favorite von Papen, using Schleicher and striking a deal with Hitler-all because of his anxiety...
...seasick Harvard lacrosse team was powerless before the strong second half attack of the opposing Princeton ten Saturday afternoon, and went down to defeat 8-4. The summaries: HARVARD PRINCETON Forbush, g. g., Britten Rogers, cp. cp., Vrooman Whittemore, p. p., Kirkland Holsapple, 1d. 1d., Murphy Rabinovitz, 2d. 2d., Shea Edmands, c. c., Classen Murphy, 2a. 2a., Winterman Lessig, 1a. 1a., Chapman Housen, oh. oh., Rytina England, ih. ih., Wardell...
...more difficult pupils, a sullen boy who pined for a big, bad reputation, tried to impress his gang by stealing a car. He was caught almost immediately, sent to jail. Carolyn was the only person who understood why he had done it, but her vague inquiries were powerless to help him, until she discovered amiable Amy Turk, wife of the man who owned the car. Together they went to Oliver...
...reply to the urgent request of several frenzied students that special effort be made to deliver immediately mail postmarked Northampton and Wellesley, the Postmaster was forced to reply that he was powerless to make any special provisions...
...court has never ruled that the federal government is powerless to prohibit child labor directly, as the present child labor law would prohibit it. Mr. Smith's parallel with the sumptuary Eighteenth amendment is an unfortunate one. The fact is that the eighteenth amendment was passed, and only a national revolt at its philosophy forced its repeal. The eighteenth amendment could not have been passed if its exponents had placed their hopes on the taxing power, or the interstate commerce clause. Behind the present child labor law a very simple strategy is visible; the example of the eighteenth amendment indicated...