Word: powerlessly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...consequent reapportionment of defense appropriations would involve greater attention to rapid mobilization and transportation facilities and less stress on provisions for all-out nuclear holocausts. While not leaving us powerless against nuclear attack, such a policy, would allow us greater flexibility in meeting aggression...
...distinguished American scholar* has only recently counseled us that in the measurable future, if present trends continue, the states are sure to degenerate into powerless satellites of the national Government in Washington," said the President. "I believe deeply in states' rights. I believe that the preservation of our states as vigorous, powerful governmental units is essential to permanent individual freedom and the growth of our national strength. But it is idle to champion states' rights without upholding states' responsibilities as well...
...determining what part anonymous Swiss bank clients play in American proxy battles, therefore does not know when the law is broken. In a recent proxy battle for control of Fairbanks, Morse & Co. by Penn-Texas Corp. involving stocks purchased through Swiss banks, Armstrong admitted that the SEC was powerless to get information that would have been easily available through U.S. banks. Armstrong's concern for the reluctance of beneficial owners to identify themselves only served to point up another complaint against Swiss banks: an Internal Revenue Service representative told the subcommittee that U.S. investors can easily avoid paying taxes...
...Yardling lacrosse team picked up its fifth victory of the season yesterday afternoon as it rolled over a powerless Tufts freshman tean...
Kasper will probably never recover the prestige he lost among segregationists through his revelations. He is not powerless, however, and is a sufficiently adept opportunist to make a comeback of sorts. If the segregationist tack falls through, Kasper has anti-Semitism, an old stand-by of his, to work from. Unlike his mentor, Ezra Pound, the insane poet who is now confined in a mental hospital, Kasper is not deranged...