Word: powerlessly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weeks (no joke). Can you imagine stuff like this happening in Washington? (Aside from the Thomas hearings, that is. They were a refreshing anomaly.) No, everything there is served up as the same depressing hypocrisy. All we can do is watch the nation waste away and feel completely powerless...
...reinvigorated sense of empathy, reflected in a greater degree of communal solidarity, is the only way to help those truly in need. Only then can a sense of communal solidarity regain meaning as a strengthened social contract rebuilds the ties between rich and poor, oppressor and oppressed, empowered and powerless...
...beauty of the goal was in the finesse. Uustal did not outrun the defense, but rendered the Friars powerless with her skillful ballhandling. Uustal's shot was placed so perfectly, Mead never had a chance...
...women do themselves and their careers no favor when they play victim or perpetuate an % unhealthy culture of self-pity by asking to be coddled and protected from rudeness and boorish behavior. Sexual harassment is not about sex; it is about power, the reasoning goes, and if women act powerless at work, they will almost certainly be taken advantage...
...Television. I have nine children. I've seen what television has done to them, and I sat there powerless to stop it. They watch it all the time. Their culture is television...