Word: powerlessness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...institution, even scoffed at as puerile or cowboy-ish. But the blind homage paid to the world body on this, the organization’s birthday, should not cloud the fact that the U.N., by virtue of its membership’s extremely divergent interests, is an impotent organization, powerless to truly halt affronts to human rights...
...great masses cannot be left thinking they are powerless under the system,” added Haddock, who walked during her last cross-country tour with a sign around her neck that read “Granny D for campaign finance reform...
...know how powerless we are,” said Mervyn W. Han ’03, who also participated in the rally. “All we can do is just yell outside, but we don’t have any voice in the decision-making process. We can scream, but it’s not heard by those in a position of authority...
...Nimbus 2000 broom is the best on the market, at least until the Nimbus 2001 is released. They like to solve her puzzles: they are tickled to see that Diagon Alley, the wizard mall, is of course laid out diagonally. They like a character who moves from being powerless to being magical to having powers even over other adults. Harry's being an orphan makes him both more vulnerable and independent in ways most 13-year-olds are not; he had to invent himself because his spirit was not likely to be gently formed by his odious aunt and uncle...
...government ensures that doctors remain powerless by controlling medical societies, which in other countries help set ethical norms. The Chinese Medical Association is run by Zhang Wenkang, the former Health Minister who was sacked in April for covering up SARS. In 1999, legal reformers pushed through a law calling for the formation of a truly independent organization, the Chinese Medical Doctors Association. It was established last year?headed by retired officials from the Health Ministry...