Word: powerless
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...hearts of true believers. As a strategy, it died years ago. Ever since the dark days of the cold war in the early 1950s, many Americans--especially conservative Republicans--have yearned to "liberate" the "captive nations" of Eastern Europe from the grip of Communism. That the U.S. was powerless to fulfill that wish by action short of war has not stopped various Administrations from trying at least to chip away at Soviet domination of the East bloc. Secretary of State George Shultz last week became the latest U.S. statesman to try, touring a trio of East European capitals...
...moment, though, the market and not OPEC clearly sets the price of world oil. If the cartel tries to roust its rivals by cutting prices, OPEC may set off a downward spiral that it will be powerless to stop...
...words of the book's student editors, a few administrators decided to play Keystone Cops," in the words of Ozment, who is also associate dean for undergraduate education. In the words of the book's student editors, a few administrators decided to censor their work, and they were powerless to resist...
...Arts and Sciences is vested with the responsibility to discipline faculty members found guilty of sexual harassment. The dean might in theory restrict an offender from teaching required courses (which former Dean Henry Rosovsky apparently never chose to do). But unless the dean levies such punishment, the department is powerless to dictate what a professor can and cannot teach because of a past offense...
Last week an embittered and virtually powerless Jobs resigned as Apple's chairman and from the board of directors, following an anguished break with President John Sculley. But Jobs, who remains the largest single Apple stockholder with more than $85 million worth of shares, will not go gentle into the night. He is launching a new computer company that could compete directly with Apple (1984 sales: $1.5 billion). Already Jobs has outraged Apple's board by persuading five of the company's managers, including top engineers and marketers, to join him in his venture...