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...forging a masculine identity without one of the primary accompaniments -- a job. Teen unemployment is endemic among poor youth, running more than 40% in many communities. Meanwhile, welfare and social programs suffered drastic cutbacks during the Reagan era. Says Chicago psychiatrist Carl Bell: "Violence is the weapon of the powerless." Agrees Professor Leah Blumberg Lapidus of Columbia Teachers College in Manhattan: "It relieves boredom and makes a statement, like graffiti, that says, 'Notice...
...reading The Thirsty Muse, the reader never doubts that the writers became powerless in the face of alcohol. Dardis writes that only O'Neill escaped its trap. But O'Neill merely traded addictions--he died a drug addict. Dardis does not even begin to explain what caused the author to fall prey to another addiction...
...difficulties. It explicitly bars city officials from participating in the administrative affairs of government, placing all executive power in the hands of a city manager. The system, designed to reduce the corruption and patronage that often characterizes strong-mayor cities, means that elected officials are powerless to respond to many of their constituents' complaints...
THIS Hammarabian legal system need not be applied solely at a national level. For example, Harvard students were frustrated this spring because Core professors lotteried their courses at the last moment. They felt powerless because University rules permitted such unfair treatment...
...minutes Saturday, Lonoff encountered the quirks of aged Widener Library in person, as she remained trapped in a powerless east side elevator waiting for library staff and Cambridge Fire officials to rescue...