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Death row is full of the poor and the powerless. At the same time, as sociologist Jefferey Reinman has pointed out, government leaders such as Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon have never even gone to trial for their involvement in military actions abroad which led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans in southeast Asia...
...legislative history of the 1981 Reagan tax and budget plan showed, however, reality is a little more complicated. Not only do politicians rarely have a clear notion of the technical features of their own legislation, Grieder claims, but they also are usually powerless against the forces that distort and emasculate even the most comprehensive proposals--inertia, political horse-trading, special interest greed, and just plain human error. In such an "anarchic" milieu, Grieder says, grand conceptions about "the way the world works"--in Stockman's case, supply-side economics--fall by the wayside, and their beliefs lapse into cynical despair...
...second-half goals by freshman Lane Kenworthy lifted the Crimson to a 2-0 taming of the powerless pachyderms at the Business School field...
...failed at everything. "My idea of a perfect afternoon was lying in front of the radio rereading my favorite Big Little Book, Dick Tracy Meets Stooge Viller . . . seeing me having a good time in repose, she was powerless to hide her disgust. 'You've got no more gumption than a bump on a log,' she said," dispatching her errant son on some new mission of self-improvement...
...therein lies as classic a catch-22 as ever appeared upon the political spectrum without Congressional representation the District is powerless to win an amendment guaranteeing its citizens a voice in that body. Instead, Washingtonians must rely on the benevolence of the 50 states in an arena not noted for displays of political charity. Some Republicans shy from the prospect of two new Democratic voices in the Senate; rural constituencies may wince when considering a stronger urban voice in Congress; and even legislators kindly disposed to the amendment simply see no compelling reason to put their neck on the line...