Word: powerlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...station manager, who arrived "within seconds" of the first incident, described the attack as "traumatic." He said that WHRB staffers, who were forced into a record library by the five-person group, felt "powerless...
...Bush's message was reassuring: "Those who think we're powerless to do anything about the greenhouse effect are forgetting about the White House effect. As President, I intend to do something about it." He should be held to that promise not just by his own countrymen but by the whole world. The U.S., with 5% of the earth's population, produces nearly 25% of all the CO2 from fossil fuels...
...Harvard, students will become just as docile when they realize that they are equally powerless...
Acknowledging as much, the Democrats have repeatedly ducked or skirted major issues and problems and have been all but powerless to offer effective opposition to the Republican program. Part of their difficulty stems from the weakness, egotism, venality and sheer political cowardice rampant on Capitol Hill today. Much of the current session, in fact, has been devoted to investigating either former members of Congress like John Tower, Bush's first choice as Defense Secretary, or prominent members such as Speaker Jim Wright, who was forced to resign because of his ethical lapses...
Under Torrijos, the Democratic Revolutionary Party (P.R.D.) became a vehicle through which once powerless nonwhites exerted new political influence. The ( party, in turn, benefited from its tight relationship with the PDF, which dispensed patronage favors. Thus, when the U.S. demands Noriega's resignation, it steps into Panama's complex mix of race and class politics. "This is a battle that is much larger than Noriega," says a senior official of the P.R.D. "Bush's people say they have no quarrel with the military. The problem is that the old-line oligarchs would use Noriega's expulsion as a chance...