Word: powerlessness
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...people from his perch in a Texas tower in 1966, have more direct contact with their victims. Rarely have the time and distance between murderous act and deadly result been greater. Anonymous poisoning is a remote-control crime, allowing the killer to feel omnipotent by rendering the public terrifyingly powerless...
...report by Steve Beede, Cornell class of 1983, he states, "I believe that IPAC should be seen for what it is; a powerless agency created to give the appearance that Cornell considers social and political issues when making investment decisions...
...days after the rally in the cemetery, a commentator in the party daily Trybuna Ludu recommended that Solidarity be declared a "closed chapter" and called for new unions organized at the factory level that would be similar to and as powerless as those in effect before Solidarity's birth in August...
...meeting characterized what student government has been at Harvard for the past 10 years: a powerless, poorly funded organization which has been largely ignored by most students and administrators. Officially, the University has not recognized a student government here since...
...have an exlusive claim to this idealistic attitude. But Shorris implies that because of their history, his people are burdened with a special mission to argue in favor of mercy against the encroaching forces of political compromise and conservatism: "When Jews support policies that oppress the poor and the powerless, like those of the Reagan Administration, it is the duty of other Jews to compare these policies to the Law, to lament the loss of their brothers from the timeless circle of Jewish ethics...