Word: powerlessness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...countless people have shown, the individual need not really be powerless. The machine can be made to stop and change direction. James Ellis, a dynamic lawyer, mobilized hundreds of citizens to bring order to Seattle's over-rapid growth (see box following page). Ralph Nader may not be everyone's hero, but he set the giant automobile industry on its heels, and now seems ready to reform the federal regulatory agencies, which have been shockingly negligent in their concern for the consumer-citizen...
...their craft some 8,000 ft. away, the S-4B will dump its remaining fuel into space. That action will generate just enough thrust to shove the S-4B out of the way and into orbit around the sun. Alone in space, the Apollo craft will continue coasting in powerless flight through the final leg of the moon trip, its velocity gradually decreasing as the earth's gravity attempts to pull it back...
...says that the first bullet shattered on the pavement, the second wounded both Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally, and the third struck Kennedy in the head. He offers a couple of other, less credible ideas. He says that until Johnson received the oath of office he was powerless to act as Chief Executive. This statement adds a certain breathlessness and suspense to Bishop's narrative, but it is hardly to the point, considering Lyndon Johnson's character. Moreover, competent legal opinion holds that the full powers of the presidency are lodged with the Vice President...
Lance Lindblom '70, a member of the HUC, charged that student referendums are always powerless. "Let's not delude ourselves," he said. "Let's deal with the power processes as they are actually...
...main reason that the HUC is powerless is that it is so conscientious. That is, it feels it must follow the ground rules by which student-administration social life games are played. These rules are established by the COH and the administration. They state the obvious: unless you agree with us, we won't let you do anything...