Word: powerlessness
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Indeed, all of this paperwork on human rights is essentially nothing but an often powerless tool on the negotiation table. It never really turns anything around. China is still ruled by a stubborn Communist Party, and the homeless people hanging out in Harvard Square are still homeless...
...This is another example of the powerful denying power to the powerless," Gomez said...
...that ocean of funds, the Federal Reserve and other central banks have only limited resources for use in any single intervention. Small wonder that when 18 governments pumped $5 billion into the markets to support the dollar two weeks ago, the effort had little impact. "The central banks are powerless against the currency-market forces," asserts Gernot Nerb, director of research at the IFO Institute for Economic Research in Munich...
...devastating as my parents' divorce was for me, the depression I have battled most of my life was rooted in the 13 years of cold, angry marriage I lived through prior to their breakup. From a very early age I often felt powerless and sad, even though outwardly I appeared cheerful so as not to cause further upset. For me, the divorce was one part relief--that the fighting was over--and two parts grief, as it confirmed for me that ultimately I was powerless in the matter. Staying together ``for the sake of the children'' is beside the point...
Along with Jimmy Jack (Donal Donnelly), a village elder, Hugh refuses to cede to the forces of change, in an effort to preserve the town's native language and spirit. But they are powerless in the face of English might...