Word: helplessly
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...tactics of the two ministers have left the mild Mr. Macleod helpless. It was hoped, when Mr. Macmillan chose him to replace Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd (who was able to deny harshly the no doubt valid Devlin Commission report that found the imprisonment of Dr. Banda quite unnecessary) that some softer glances might be directed toward nationalism in Central Africa. But it is at least clear now that unless some official of very great authority removes Sir Roy and Sir Edgar, the Federation, in Dr. Banda's words, "is dead. All that remains now is to bury...
...mostly murder Saturday night, as a smooth but not outstanding Crimson machine squashed an all-but-helpless Brown swimming team...
...stage tends to be impressive, no matter what is sung. But the Moussorgsky was more than impressive; it was a triumph of high spirit and high decibels. The accompanists, playing what sounded like a two-piano arrangement of the massive Rimsky-Korsakoff orchestration, were heroic but more or less helpless: their tinkling didn't stand a chance against the full-bodied voices of the chorus. The music was sung in English; the translation, from the little I was able to hear of it, was appropriately martial. I am, I suppose, impressed by any loud sonority of sound, but this performance...
...fourth quarter, the varsity was beaten, and only some fine fullbacking by Tim Morgan kept Princeton from scoring. Forbush looked strangely helpless in the nets...
Several other Crimson rushes were productive until inside right Ev fed O'Hiri a through pass at 13:30. center forward out-raced two Blue White defenders and rammed the ball the helpless goalie...