Word: powerlessly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...husband. There is a time to quit, just as there is a time to fight, she said. Her money was running out; she could no longer pay for Mustafa el Nahas' 20 secretaries. The next morning Nahas, once Egypt's greatest political force, was a trembling, powerless old man. The Naguib revolution rolled...
Politically powerless, the stoutly Roman Catholic Basques have rallied around their church as the last champion of their national rights. Their clergy, unlike the Spanish church, was overwhelmingly anti-Franco in the Civil War; the Franco government, in reprisal, executed 1.7 priests, imprisoned many others, and exiled the Basque Bishop of Vitoria. Although new Spanish bishops were sent to three Basque dioceses, the local clergy remained rebellious, went on teaching the catechism in the Basque language and talking about Basque national traditions from their pulpits-both serious crimes in the eyes of Franco's government...
Black Supremacy. When the Malan government launched its apartheid policies, Matthews denounced them and walked out of the powerless council. He and like-minded members of South Africa's mission-sponsored Christian Council have fought apartheid with Christian weapons, condemned it as "contrary to both natural law and the Christian revelation." But the moderates have been caught between whites and blacks with no patience for moderation...
...cuts came in two days of runaway voting which the Democratic leadership was powerless to head off. Toward the end of the first day of debate, the Democrats mixed up their signals and allowed too many Administration members to go home early. The Republicans suddenly found themselves a majority on the floor, seized control and never let go. G.O.P. Boss Joe Martin deftly fended off Democratic delaying maneuvers, pushed through two drastic economy amendments sponsored by Ohio's John Vorys. These cut a total of $726.5 million and came on top of the $1 billion cut recommended...
...months of 1938 swept my spirit clear to discern one truth: 'Man without mysticism is a monster.' I do not mean, of course, that I denied the usefulness of reason and knowledge. What I grasped was that religion begins at the point where reason and knowledge are powerless and forever fail-the point at which man senses the mystery of his good and evil, his suffering and his destiny as a soul in search...