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It was an extraordinary confrontation between the country's most dominant figure and a powerless but insistent adversary.

As if she was watching an accident in slow motion. She knew it would happen, but was powerless to stop it.

Again, I felt powerless and frustrated, facing the reality that there was no one to help me.

Powerlessness is a state of mind. If you think you are powerless, you are.

Panic over Bear's position spread with stunning speed, leaving the bank's executives powerless to respond as money poured out the door.

Performance from the body, the middle-aged action status sensitivity began to decline from the peak, and often feel powerless to do things.

In primitive times, nature appeared to be a mysterious and formidable force and men found themselves powerless in the face of it.

Democrats, meanwhile, are behaving as if they are powerless to affect the economy, even though a Democrat occupies the White House.

All this time, as if spell were on him, he was motionless and powerless, except to watch her.

The temptation is to see this as a plague visited on the region from outside, which its governments are powerless to resist or cure.

We like the needle on the surface, keep turning, turn, a time left in a hurry, powerless.

Ulic, powerless, dropped from sight. He fled from his pasts and went into hiding.

If I still powerless, don't be nervous, for me, the most important thing is not to speak, but with you together!

God then made it quite clear that Dagon was just a false, empty, powerless god!

ON LOVE: One mom writes that the men in her daughters' lives could feel "powerless, " and that "their role as provider has been usurped. "

The first mood is to feel powerless, and to turn this into a defiant pessimism.

Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.

Empowered at the time of elections, the citizen often feels powerless until the next elections arrive.

He did not, however, believe that governments were in fact powerless.

Martin might be a remarkable man: whether he will or not, the seer is powerless to predict.

Booting up from a powerless state, also called a cold boot, will restore the printer's default settings and you may be able to carry on.

Our poor Emmy, who had never hated, never sneered all her life, was powerless in the hands of her remorseless little enemy.

The belief that women are so powerless that we somehow need to "trap" a man is sexist, even if it is a woman who espouses this belief.

'They used illegal means to obtain commercial secrets that put the Chinese steel industry in a powerless position, ' he said.

And the bank has done this even though its advisors say the dam will cause hardship for the powerless and environmental destruction.

She knew they would be powerless against the supernatural lucidity of her brain.

In the view of digging out more super wealthy people, Hurun seems to be helplessly powerless.

Once the wheels of events have been set in motion, characters are powerless to derail their course of effect of any kind.

But petitioners who end up in mental hospitals often find themselves similarly powerless.

We were powerless to help as he plunged deeper and deeper into debt.

It was not to my liking, but at the time I felt powerless to do anything about it.

We at Columbia were powerless , and our little revolution was no more than a symbolic gesture.

You must not feel sad, angry or powerless as you see me approaching the end of life.

Throughout the ordeal, Vader kept altering his end of the bargain, and Calrissian was powerless to stop him.

Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only a change of worlds.

Too helpless and powerless to make a change, Frank and April take their frustration out on each other.

He raised up the powerless frame, and the departing soul looked out of the eyes with gratitude.

Sometimes, the fury of nature is unpredictable and cruel. Confronted with nature, mankind is but a fragile and powerless piece of shell.

Interest's spill and powerless conduct as an individual decide that the health and epidemic prevention as a pure public goods.

All of a sudden found themselves at the moment , powerless . Perhaps , I have been powerless .

Always a lot of things down the left hand, right hand to pick up, very tired of his repeated heart was powerless to do anything.

She feels powerless, all she can do is pretend that nothing ever happened between them.

One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and asked God for help.

free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction.

I'm quite powerless in the matter.

Take control of the situation instead of feeling overwhelmed or powerless. A sense of control is the best weapon against stress.

These negative groups are powerless in the presence of Love, and their agendas can be stopped instantly by the Love of the collective.

"Part of our stereotype of old people is that they are social, warm and likeable, but powerless and sexless, " she said.

But his is only one of them a member of the day powerless, already forgotten how to taste and enjoy life!

He must be in at the finish, he told himself, even though he felt powerless to avoid the fast approaching doom.

FOR over a month, Barack Obama watched the oil spill spread over the Gulf of Mexico with the same powerless horror as other Americans.

The oil prevents the slick bodies of the snakes from crawling out of their holes. They're powerless to harm my sheep.

as watching the kettle boil on the stove plate while they do not mention them powerless in the eyes is even more tears rolling.

Toward the deep guxiang where cries, love is no longer the voice answered me, and I have been powerless shouted hoarse throat.

But now I was a bit powerless, as the diminishing marginal value of steamed buns like to eat more, get less satisfaction.

He said : "When you really care for one thing , you would find how weak and powerless the language is . "

To make matters worse, she feels powerless to get him back because she doesn't know what she did to turn him off.

Whatever emotions arise in you as a result of external events, they're powerless until you pick them up and decide to act on them.

Suddenly, you'll see a wide range of choices and options available to you in situations where you once felt powerless.

You are happy with Your partner and then suddenly feel insecure about the relationship or powerless to get what you need.

Mr. Sanchez answered sarcastically, "Yeah. Yeah. Very powerless people. " He let out a high-pitched laugh.

It's mostly powerless. It has no impact on the world.

Chinese traditional festival is in a awkward situation: on the one hand, the cold field experience and "feel powerless and frustrated. "

No financial experience to be responsible for national financial Okada, obviously powerless.

This tale type also reveals late imperial Chinese ideas of interiority by examining powerless individuals at a moment of crisis.

But the Bank of Japan was powerless to stop it.

Brief and powerless is Man's life; on him and all His race the slow, sure doom falls pitiless and dark.

Tory MPs, the press and voters already imagine Britain to be powerless in the face of EU diktats.

Do you really wanna spend the rest of college locked up in this crap hole, disenfranchised and powerless?

There is nothing to be done, nowhere to go and I am too tired to waste energy on things that I am powerless to change.

Even in the face of national and international adversity, he does not see himself as totally powerless.

I turned down the big-money law firms to win justice for the powerless as a civil rights lawyer.

European diplomats expressed similar frustration that they were powerless to do much now except wait.

Cerberus : Leave now, mortal! The likes of you are forbidden in this land! You who are powerless are not worthy to set foot here!

I am powerless to intervene in the matter.

I used to live in an area where criminals abounded and where the legal system seemed powerless.

Drive slowly and safely, respecting her preferences. After all, she is sitting powerless in the front seat.

He argued that the Fed was basically powerless to return the economy to full employment once rates hit zero, which confused me at the time.

If, however, we choose to act, even if we are acting in less than optimal ways, we choose to be powerful rather than powerless.

And then, no matter how poor or powerless the supplicant, Don Corleone would take that man's troubles to his heart.

They are all powerless, drift to live, waiting for has started withering flower of life, the last imminent demise.

Why should we continue to be represented by a crowd of powerless and divided dwarves?

The child walks and runs and rides a bike; he is stricken with the pangs of first love that we are powerless to kiss away.

On the way home I cry, tears again. Powerless in tensions collapse that walk, never proud crave. I can say what I can do?

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao flew here on Monday to survey the destruction, but he was powerless to ease the suffering of the survivors.

Scientists are searching for ways to destroy nuclear weapons powerless and no longer useful.

I look forward to using words to make a living, there powerless, there is no Maili Qi profit-making business reality.

it may all too often reflect the interests of the powerful over the powerless.

Young men are largely powerless, he argued. Intimate knowledge of a technical subject gives them control, albeit over over machines.

Tess's powerless characteristics and compellable characteristics made her empty of the intelligence to struggle.

Tess's powerless characteristics and compellable characteristics made her empty of the intelligence to struggle.

With media supervision, citizens are no longer powerless individuals, but an empowered public.

But now one of his disease has the bone marrow, is powerless.

The inertia of my life plunging ahead and me. Powerless to stop it.

Nurses may bitterly resent having to take part, day after day, in deceiving patients, but feel powerless to take a stand.

Not all imaginary. Maybe I'm not as comfortable being powerless as you are.

Rome and the British experience shows that once the situation started to deteriorate on the powerless.

You may feel powerless in these circumstances, and if you remember to let go to the higher power of the Universe, all will be well.

While some argue that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will have to step in, others believe it is powerless to dampen demand.

See my keen's eyes, she shook her head, not to talk, I know some is meant powerless.

From our powerless state we have been hunted or held in captivity by the human species.

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly .

Or a powerless lover, watching with infinite compassion things God is unable to control or change?

They just feel difficulty in breathing, powerless, unable to engage in any work.

While tankers can't tow a powerless aircraft, they can dramatically slow the rate of descent of a disabled aircraft.

Henceforth, Germany was split up and in a powerless state for a long period.

National regulators privately admit they feel powerless to impose sanctions on large multinational companies.

You might ask yourself, "What power base will I operate from, or will I choose to be powerless? "

Today, the ire of the usually powerful who find themselves powerless is directed at short-sellers and hedge fund managers.

Gender inequality makes many women powerless to stop men smoking at social gatherings.

It is precisely this collision of immoral power with powerless morality which constitutes the major crisis of our times.

It was blatant seduction, but he was powerless to stop himself.

Mothers are often powerless to prevent their daughters from being married off, as Yemeni law gives custodianship to fathers.

The EU's biggest fear is that markets will cease financing Italy, causing a meltdown that Europe would be powerless to stop.

The hardline leadership in East Berlin was powerless to stop the first mass demonstrations in decades.

Brian: I don't believe you. I'm going to get that promotion. You're powerless to stop me.

Today's real borders are not between nations, but between powerful and powerless, free and fettered, privileged and humiliated.

Perhaps they're powerless even to have not any effects, but they always refuse to disappear.

Meanwhile Divya and Bharat are powerless to stop Sindoora and then the police arrive.

They are not powerless victims of globalization; smart young men choose different countries for the economic advantages they offer.

Free from the trouble of powerless when you are out of door, on traveling, on the way of business trip.

"People feel very powerless, " Chen says. "They are very pessimistic about saving historic monuments. "

but faced with the natural calamity, it appears so powerless without a struggle!

My mother despised inactivity. Seeing me having a good time in repose, she was powerless to hide her disgust.

In every situation that arises, we choose to be powerful or powerless.

Governments are not entirely powerless to deal with the effects of demographic trends.

Does the customer feel embarrassed, wronged, discriminated against, or powerless?

Traditional summative assessment has become powerless in testing and evaluating students' language ability.

Retain, are as powerless and feeble is the case of youth, dreams and reality is also true!

Even the most sophisticated among us seem powerless to break this cycle.

Today, increasing the radius of committing the crime of piracy, the international anti-piracy force was powerless.

Since she gets to make the choice, she does not feel so powerless and will not therefore resist.

Dispersed and powerless, the crawl survived as raiders in the human kingdom of Ascalon and elsewhere.

Letting go is to admit powerless; which means the outcome is not in my hands.

The beautiful scenery make me powerless to turn away.

For a full minute the three of us stand there powerless to move or even to make an intelligent gesture.

They are mocking me to my face, making a show of how powerless I am to stop them.

In both these systems, the overwhelming majority of the population is equal and powerless.

She moves behind him and wraps both arms around his neck in a choke hold. Like Jill, Steve is powerless.

In a country where crimes were virtually never punished, Castresana says, Rosenberg felt powerless.

They appealed to Oxford City Council to take action but the authority said it was powerless to act.

The 1855 book The Land of Gold dismissed it as "lawless, penniless and powerless. "

Many parents and teachers do not favor this shift in focus, but they are powerless to prevent it.

Castro was making America look foolish and the President look powerless.

Today, comparing it to the other three racquets in this play test, it seems powerless.

But, I found that some of the responsibility I carry can not afford to, and sometimes actually are weak, powerless.

As the time flows, I increasingly believe in destiny, and many things we are powerless to control, so let it be.

They're still powerless to tell me how it feels to go from heaven to hell.

Theirs looked like a council of the powerless.

You realized how powerless and helpless you can become sometimes and nothing is predictable but change itself.

How does it impact the poor, the powerless, the voiceless?

I should regret to find that the law was powerless to enforce the most elementary principles of commercial morality.

Corruption had no doubt become a major social problem in Hong Kong. But the Government seemed powerless to deal with it.

Witnesses remain exposed, corruption is rife, the powerless routinely trodden on.

But the scale thick, and Hu Di circle of deep grooves, scaling especially thick, using the above approach to look powerless.

There is now a powerful class. For seventy years the same group were ruling the country, and the whole country was powerless.

Cooperation without negotiation is powerless.

Therefore I am seeking Your benediction so that I can convince them, for I am powerless to do so on my own.

Even when things go right, users are left to feel powerless and stupid.

The idea that you're too small or too powerless to create change is the biggest reason for inaction.

It's the very reason most men feel so powerless over beautiful women, and are complete failures in the dating game.

Moreover, powerful men like Mr Granados are oddly powerless when it comes to changing the status quo.

They provide a lucrative and lethal business, against which most consumers are powerless.

The subordinates were then divided into two further groups: powerless and empowered.

They may be afraid of losing you. They may be apprehensive about taking over additional responsibilities. And they, too, feel powerless.

The powerless group, in contrast, reported only slightly elevated dice results.

Application: apply to Yongnaoguodu caused dizziness, fatigue powerless.

Until recently, Asian customers say they have felt largely powerless in negotiations with suppliers.

Like a rainy night inside the Star, empty and powerless.

You feel powerless at times to attend to your holy work in light of the flagrant opposition you must deal with.

In view of Natalie's and Dr. Jastrow's clear criminal record the Swiss would be powerless .

President George W. Bush is seen as powerless because he does not have the full support of the Congress.

When the industry becomes open to "hidden rules" the role of law enforcement officers becomes numb or powerless.

For humans are not completely powerless in the face of nature: rather the reverse.

Without such airlift, the new force may be as powerless as the one it replaces.

The default powerless, is undoubtedly makes an opportunity of failure.

So he turned the powerless plane, carrying 150 passengers and five crew members, and glided south to line up with the Hudson.

Probably not, but if you feel like you're powerless to change your life, laughing can be a welcome relief.

For Mrs Obama, there have been moments of feeling powerless.

The Mages - an elite group of magic users - rule whilst the lowly commoners are powerless.

White southerners bitterly opposed the changes imposed on them from outside, but were powerless to prevent them.

The cabal will be arrested or left powerless. Many are going to jail.

You're like a god using his powers to become powerless.

Or are we on a collision course with some future crisis whose advancing outlines we can dimly perceive but seem powerless to stop?

And the country's central bank and government seem powerless to stop it.

Because of this, Perl is powerless when it stands alone against all the issues in UNIX systems.

You are about to gain power in an area where, prior to now, you have felt powerless.

Death itself is powerless to still a remembered voice or erase a remembered smile.

For fingerprints and grease, water still powerless.

They are powerless only to give the full answer to the new questions posed for the living by history.

Powerless to steer clear of the forthcoming death.

Powerless etching A method of etching letterpress printing plates in one step.

The study was focused originally on how individuals adapt to being in a relatively powerless situation.

The CAR went out of control, and the driver was powerless to stop it.

A boss with difficult to get along maybe destroy the best jobs, but you are not powerless.

I just don't want to feel as powerless in my own home as I do at school.

Of course, in many cases, the principle of reciprocity is also powerless.

From that point on, Gandhi became the number-one spokesman for all powerless non-whites the world over.

Many are the substitutes but they're powerless on their own.

These companies could go bankrupt, and then the union is powerless.

No matter how society may classify me as invisible and powerless, I exist.

Take control of situation instead of feeling overwhelmed or powerless.

Guan Yu powerless to resist, surrendered Caocao.

Sadly, love, pity, in this bloody revenge in the fragile and powerless.

These are the things that keep you powerless to go beyond a 'limit' you arbitrarily set for yourself.

The cage bird whispers, "Alas, my wings are powerless and dead. "

It's totally false that the proclamation has made the king powerless.

More than 1, 200 police officers were on duty but officials said they had been powerless to prevent the accident.

The enemies are strong but the G-force of the planet will take us as we get powerless.

Addiction is a dependence on a behavior on a substance that a person is powerless to stop.

The rest seems powerless to make its job easier.

Identify with the powerful, and the powerless too, she urged.

I'm powerless tiffany jewelry outlet ah, love, you are all wet and might dirty my boat.

In the late 1990s ASEAN was powerless in face of a series of blows.

And they're absolutely, utterly, completely powerless to stop it.

Fairly often, even the sacred God is powerless to cherish treasurable lives of human.

Pondering life, taste and life, in fact, it is that we ordinary people one thing, nothing exciting and powerless.

Actually there are plenty, but they are powerless. All power is in the hands of paranoiacs.

Perhaps, said Klungness, that behavior is "a power grab by men who feel powerless. "

There are many things that we are aware of, but are powerless to stop from taking place. We can only watch.

and the partial script feels empty, lonely, powerless, and unfulfilling.

Bird flu should not make us feel powerless.

We are powerless in the face of such forces.

Why is Online Literary Creation so Powerless?

Wang Jing weis Administrative Council became powerless in reality because of Jiang Jie shi s military dictatorship.

They were powerless to resist.

Generally, they are powerless against fire and holy magic or weapons.

You end up feeling incapable, powerless.

Fear affects some people by making them powerless to act.

His throat was powerless, his arms and hands were like lead.

But yet, we are powerless because we have a form of godliness but no power.

The people were never so powerless under a capitalist regime or under a feudal regime.

Man is not powerless before nature.

In front of nature we are powerless we are like little ants in the sun.

The tanks stood powerless due to the high wall surrounding the village.

She hated the daughter who had taken her lover, but at the same time she was powerless to prevent the marriage without compromising herself.

The UN General Assembly is largely powerless, and so has become a forum for tub-thumping speeches by the world's least attractive leaders.

When people need to do the real-time measurements on the complex shape parts, the traditional detection method appears powerless.

It's like when your child hurts itself and you feel powerless and want to take away the pain.

This is a song about getting lost and about feeling powerless, which we're pretty sure Hamlet would relate to.

It didn't break me, but it left me petrified, powerless and resentful.

In this world, although the fame and fortune first, weak human, we are powerless, penniless, can we have a genuine good heart.

Weave this stuff into an ad campaign, and we may be powerless to resist it.

Words are too powerless to express my heart.

At the next stoppage in play, I asked Harkness what had happened. He vehemently denied any wrongdoing and so I was powerless to act.

Fear is powerless. And joy lies in taking risks.

We are met with suave Japanese courtesy, but actually the officials there are powerless.

Right now, I'm powerless when it comes to books.

Faced with the love of God , we are utterly powerless.

In the face of unalterable life and life style, Foucault does not think that we are powerless and do nothing.