Word: helpless
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...German influence has disappeared as mysteriously as have the other elements,--the vaunted German control of the Sultan is entirely a thing of the past. The Berlin to Bagdad railway still exists but its terminal has changed now from Berlin to Paris. Turkey has been left helpless and adrift, and no country is willing to assume the responsibility of guiding the Turks to a haven of peace and industry, despite the fact that Turkey is as rich in resources as any part of the world...
...Conditions in Armenia today are worse than ever before, and there is no relief in sight unless the United States will help us. Trains of supplies that have recently been sent to Armenia have been captured by Turkish forces, with the result that Armenia is starving and helpless. You may not believe it, but the Turks are now forcing the youth of Armenia into the Turkish army and are giving them a single alternative--that of being hung...
...League of Nations, but rather in the generosity of the world. We have for all time stood as a barrier between the Moslem empire and Christianity. Our sufferings have been to save the ideals of civilization, and the world cannot fail to aid us now that we stand helpless and alone. As to Turkey, if the United States wishes to help that criminal government, then we must look elsewhere for support. Of all the countries in the world, Turkey is most barbarous, most inhuman...
...Bull Dog had the weight and it had the fight, but that was all. It had nothing but the battering ram style of play of the early nineties, which is helpless against the defense--of a modern team. Kempton, who had hitherto been regarded as Yale's best bet, showed little and neither Lay not Neville was a match for Garrity or Strubing...
...upon the young men who are in the colleges, universities and places of learning in the United States to forever defeat the enemies of law and order by refusing to countenance or continue any acts of violence or unlawfulness. Any act which leaves the citizens of a great city helpless before a wave of crime is monstrous in its conception. Every loyal American must constantly combat the evil forces which seek to cause unrest in industry and to weaken our government...