Word: powerlessly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theoretically possible that the new government will take a progressive president and give him the power to push the reforms through which Goulart was powerless to achieve; this is the liberal justification for U.S. support of the coup. But given the political complexion of the new regime, and the past history of the man who made up its leadership, such reform is not likely to take place...
...Commission's own admission, it is powerless against this "hard-core pornography." Action must be taken against each particular issue of such a magazine, and under current statutes this involves an impossible tangle of legal maneuvers. Once a magazine of this sort is banned, the Commission contends, it invariably reappears with a slightly altered name and corporate structure...
Morison compared modern technology to a Frankenstein which threatens to destroy its creator. He felt, however, that "man is not powerless against the process of advancing technology." Education, he said, offers the key to controlling the monster. "Of all the institutions in our society, the university will exert the determining influence on our culture...
Defenseman Mike Patterson missed Wednesday's 4-1 victory over Bowdoin due to a Charley horse but should be back on the ice tonight. Patterson's defensive skills were not needed against the powerless Maine team, but they are a must tonight if the high scoring Bruins are to be stopped. Ike Ikauniks, clubbed in the car by the Bowdoin goalie Wednesday, hasn't missed a practice, and should also be ready tonight...
Victory was essential for Park, because the Assembly, though virtually powerless in most other respects, has the constitutional right to institute impeachment proceedings against the President by a simple majority vote. Disregarding election laws, government officials campaigned for Democratic-Republican candidates, and police made house-to-house canvasses. So blatant were some of the tactics that Park was forced to sack two Cabinet members to still the opposition outcry. At the same time, to build up his regime's democratic image, Park ordered an amnesty for political prisoners, publicly permitted exiled former President Syngman Rhee, 88, to return...