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...publicly berates his foreign guests in a naked attempt to court popularity in advance of presidential elections scheduled for later this year. In doing so, he is not only encouraging anti-foreign sentiment when it is least helpful, but also undermining his own status by proving that he is powerless to do anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Daunting Task in Afghanistan | 1/19/2009 | See Source »

...this ick-free wholesomeness. The children rig together such amenities as an old-shoe vending machine, a herding room and an open-car-window simulator. There's even groom service. They give the dogs the home the children can't find for themselves. For those who feel a little powerless--like kids or a nation in the middle of a crippling economic crisis--dogs represent something singular: a being even they can help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema's Best Friend | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...situation. B is for breathe: take a few deep breaths. Then, expand your awareness and remind yourself of what will happen if you keep repeating the unwanted behavior and how you will feel afterward. R stands for respond mindfully: remember that you have a choice, that you are not powerless, and that you don't have to continue the undesired behavior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Falling Off the Wagon Isn't Fatal | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

...heart of the matter is a question of justice. A democratic society such as ours only works if the weak are protected from the unfair exploitation by the strong. It’s why it’s illegal for physically stronger people to prey on the powerless and for individuals who own guns to use them against people who don’t. The same is true for intelligence. As a society, we cannot allow people who are smart to exploit people who don’t know how to read a mortgage statement or don?...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Go Directly to Jail | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...clients, they are the illiterate, they are the poor, they are the powerless,” she said...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Fellow Defends Nigerian Women Using Sharia Law | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

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