| 单词 | powerless |
| 例句 | Cursing herself for her small-mindedness even as she was powerless before it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I know he feels like I do: overwhelmed by the truth that we are powerless right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I am powerless to move so long as they are there. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Astonished, he heard his voice come out, cool and casual, so that the bitterness of Jack's taunt fell powerless. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her lips move the whole time as if she were doing her usual sullen, under-her-breath grumbling, but Yoyo knows she is casting a spell that will leave the men powerless, becalmed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The sole light came from a helicopter circling downtown, looking tiny and powerless in the distance. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But they are as powerless as I am. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The parents of the Fugees’ players were seen as powerless, she believed, so no one thought much about making the team play on such a bad field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He gave his powerless laugh again and Tea Cake and the boy joined in with him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The men studied medicine, law, theology, and emerged repeatedly in the powerless government offices available to the native population. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s obscene to have such power, also to feel so powerless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They killed the owl and made Ultima powerless, then they beheaded her and drank her blood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Joyous Gard itself stood up, a beautiful picture in the powerless sunshine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She must have come to feel so powerless, I thought, that the one thing she might have done—pick up the phone and call an ambulance—never even occurred to her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The vast majority of these “anti” women were educated, married, wealthy white women, who enjoyed the privileges of their status without considering the practical problems facing poor and powerless working-class women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The gang was advancing and he was powerless as long as his mouth was full. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I felt so angry and powerless that I started crying and couldn’t seem to stop. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z One type of damage that revival centers are powerless to undo. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Waves of rumor and paranoia swept through the countryside, enveloping especially the powerless. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad waited in line with their card for their designated food supply, and it was disheartening to see my parents so powerless. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At any moment they might begin to torture him, and I was powerless to do anything about it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Against this weapon, so indefinable and so effective, Jack was powerless and raged without knowing why. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Next the Whisperer would ask what his greatest fear was, and poor Sticky would be powerless to hide it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Outside again, they were back in the powerless world of Japan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Plantation owners thus viewed Africans, who were relatively powerless, as the ideal slaves. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, all his knowledge was powerless to cure the chicken fever of his daughter Pancha, which had dispatched her to the Hereafter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I know he feels like I do: overwhelmed by the truth that we are powerless right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He saw that his dear guardian was looking quite old and powerless, and that he was kneeling down with difficulty on a gouty knee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The national network proved very effective, providing heavyweight support for the brave but legally powerless. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “If it does work,” she whispered, “but I’m powerless...” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Sarai had sworn to herself that she would never again serve Minya’s twisted will, and now...now she was powerless against it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I knew that the daisy, a remedy for every ache, pain, and wound of the body, was powerless to cure the disease of his rank soul. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Perhaps the dead were not as powerless as Ophie had imagined. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She knew she probably shouldn’t eat without her family, but she was powerless in front of a toasted ham and Swiss. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I wished I could have my words back, locked away safely in myself, unsaid, powerless to wound. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank remembered how alone he had felt holding on to the bow, how utterly powerless. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Black people found themselves yet again powerless and relegated to convict leasing camps that were, in many ways, worse than slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This creature hadn’t the intelligence to be a witch; She was powerless, invisible, Wastefully daft. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He kissed her, saying, “Yes. Lyra will be safe, and the Kingdom will be powerless against her. Call him now, Marisa, my love.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Far from it. I was tormented by the contrast between my idea and my handiwork: in each case I had imagined something which I was quite powerless to realise.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She was dead and she was saved and she was caught and she was powerless. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But Nixon was powerless to help South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I could walk up to the meadhall whenever I pleased, and they were powerless. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt weak and powerless in the knowledge of the impending doom. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Saint Christopher medal shines in the moonlight, but even a saint seems small and powerless against what’s coming. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z This was just a dream, and as long as she knew that, she wouldn't be powerless in it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I was very anxious about him, and I was powerless to act; my feet, and my hands, and my brain were weighted, so that nothing could proceed at the usual pace. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Hooper's own fear in the storm had been absolute, and yet it had gone, it might never have happened, Kingshaw knew that he was quite powerless to use it as a weapon. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It made me feel powerless, because there was absolutely nothing I could do about it except continue to hide. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I protect Prim in every way I can, but I'm powerless against the reaping. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The state did its utmost to harass me in ways they thought I would be powerless to resist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt suddenly weak and powerless, as limp as a rag doll. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Before Wang Lung could move in his horror, the horde was pouring past him into his own gates and he was powerless in their midst. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I looked at the barn doors noisily slapping back and forth with the force of the storm, and I couldn’t help but feel powerless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He will watch everything as it begins, although he will be powerless to prevent what he sees from happening. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “But I am powerless before it. Is there any place...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z His manner was like all the powerless black people I’d ever known, exaggerating their bodies to conceal a fundamental plunder that they could not prevent. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He hated his family because he knew that they were suffering and that he was powerless to help them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z To let those who feel powerless know that they are not alone. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Evans, who has not met Sacks, laughs at the suggestion that he might be either autistic or a savant, but he is powerless to explain quite where his talent comes from. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Have you ever done something you were ashamed of, but found yourself powerless to stop?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then the monster had sunk into the deep and disappeared along with three of her friends, and she’d been powerless to help them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But she sat on the dirt floor of a smokehouse, surrounded by the dried carcasses of two pigs, a cow, and a deer, feeling scared and powerless. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In some of those pyramids, the Sons of the Harpy are plotting new murders even now, and I am powerless to stop them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m powerless to stop it so I brace myself, but in the end it isn’t necessary because the blackness swallows me before it hits. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I’m weak, powerless Bri who had no choice but to lie there on the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As summer neared, my mother suffered yet another stroke of paralysis and again I had to watch her suffer, listen to her groans, powerless to help. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are mocking me to my face, making a show of how powerless I am to stop them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s a second home, this place where everyone speaks my language, and where those who might otherwise be powerless in real life can now be incredibly powerful. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to prevent things from getting out of control but felt powerless to do anything. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was convinced that if anyone tried to assassinate him, these two stocky morons would be powerless to prevent it, but he trusted that their presence would at least scare off spontaneous detraaors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When the terrible story of Lucy’s death, and—and all that followed, was done, I lay back in my chair powerless. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Well, if you know about the time-stop, you must also know that you are completely cut off from the outside world. You are, in effect, powerless.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The books pull him inside them; he’s powerless. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z On the water he is powerless except at night; even then he can only summon fog and storm and snow and his wolves. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “The wind is driving snow into my back but I am powerless to move,” he later recalled. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He later conceded that he knew all along Denman’s plans were foolhardy, but Tenzing, too, was powerless to resist the pull of Everest: Nothing made sense about it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z These were gratifying victories; prison is contrived to make one feel powerless, and this was one of the few ways to move the system. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth would continue to function as normal, just as the sky did, but Gaia was now so dispersed and powerless that she could never again form a consciousness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Demented and powerless, the aged being could only weep and mumble in fear and pain and misery, and he shrank away from what seemed like yet another threat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I stood precariously in the middle of the room, trying to find somewhere to look and something to say, wanting desperately to leave and powerless to do so. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man became silent, his eyes glazed, his will crippled; his arms hung down, he was powerless under Siddhartha’s spell. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z This was for herself, and I was powerless to help. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Do you not see that your conspiracy is already arrested and rendered powerless by the knowledge which everyone here possesses of it? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Once the tears started, I was powerless to stop them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Voldemort was supposed to be far away, in some distant country, in hiding, alone . . . feeble and powerless. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Percy wanted to draw his sword and give the giant a haircut starting at the neck, but he was powerless to act. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In México the police were corrupt and often powerless. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And now they were to stay, and he was powerless to stop it, his house would be their house. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Now I know what I’ve been suspecting: as far as this thing is concerned, she is powerless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder, could a man feel so powerless in the world that he looks in smaller places for power . .. power over his children and wife? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a little like Switzerland in World War II. Shells were bursting all around me, souls were tortured and I was powerless in the confines of imposed neutrality— hopes were dying. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything felt rigged and unfair, and Seven couldn’t help but feel powerless. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I squealed and scratched, trying to warn her to snap out of it, but I was absolutely powerless. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z That a light you are powerless to stop will turn on you and usher a bullet to its mark. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Women such as Carrie Buck weren’t genetic imbeciles; they were poor, illiterate, unhealthy, and powerless—victims of their social lot, not of the genetic lottery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “In other people’s dreams I have control, but when I’m asleep,” she said, “I’m powerless, just like any other dreamer.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That thought made her feel small and powerless. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The public was frightened and felt powerless to act against the Klan. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Salim is hungry, increasingly so, and frustrated, and powerless. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He had never dreamed a person could be so powerless in his power. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s comfortable enough, but it isn’t a place you want to be, so instead I linger in the living room or at the kitchen table, ill at ease and powerless. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was scared before, but as I watch the guards pull apart the wall of Red Cross members in front of us, I’m powerless to move. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He was powerless to harm the enemy or to help his friends. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight she and Lazlo had sought solace in each other and found it, and they had hidden in it, blocking out reality and the hate they were powerless against. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The other hand held my head just behind the ears, and I was powerless. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, and being powerless to bring him to justice, I had no choice but to flee Elsinore myself.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z All he could do was open his beak wide and raise it upward toward the sky, the action a simple admission that he was powerless. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I was not powerless—we were not going to die here. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, boy...okay. You really think I’m powerless? You really think I’m useless? Gods of Olympus, your brain must have freezer burn. You don’t know my secret, do you?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He seemed uncharacteristically powerless and contrite, a far cry from the tough, resolute and absolute ruler of the house I knew him to be, the father whose words were law. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The proud, ambitious man who had brought his family to Kraków for a better life was powerless to stop the Nazi brutes who dared break into his home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Taran cried with all the more anger at feeling himself powerless. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z But the doctor in town and even the great doctor in Las Vegas had been powerless to cure him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Anger that he was powerless to help her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The owners saw it as an effort to shake them down, but for the Mexicans it became a class struggle pitting powerless workers against hard-hearted owners. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He gave me a potion that made me powerless to move or speak, yet did nothing to dull my senses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ultima sat by me, powerless in the face of death. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As they watched, Mark realized that they were powerless to stop the madness unless they started using the Transvices. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I’d never felt so powerless in all my life, not even when we were trapped in that animal cage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Matthias felt like he was watching an old friend, one he’d never hoped to see again, vanish into a crowd, and he was powerless to call out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "All of Earth is watching but powerless to help." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something horribly fascinating about his recital that she was powerless to escape from. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He sat on the horse, turning his mind away, willing it away as a gun barrel swivels, and then he thought of his children, powerless to stop that vision. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your Greek goddess is powerless here,” said the pope. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I remember looking up at the cop and feeling powerless. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Superstition was a widely available nostrum for people powerless against the miseries of famine, pestilence and deadly doctrinal conflict. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Pinned and powerless, with Jordan pressing into him with all his might, Alex found it hard to breathe. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Only then do you realize how small you are, how powerless. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How powerless I felt compared to such a strong force. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Do not reveal your mastery over glamour. Do not reveal all that you can do. Show your power by appearing powerless. That is what I need from you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One that modern medicine doesn’t recognize, can’t identify and is powerless to treat. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The controllers monitored everything and were ready to help in any way they could, but the communication latency between Hermes and Earth rendered them powerless to do anything but watch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The more I do, the more powerless I am. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Here he was powerless, nobody to control, nobody to blame. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And they do not know why; they are powerless pawns in a blind play of social forces. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But these were largely people who were poor and powerless. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I cry because I have never felt so powerless. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I felt powerless to do anything about the hatred and violence in this city-—my city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The massive pilferage that ensued would make me look powerless, ridiculous. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At home on Euclid Avenue, I felt powerless in the face of a new reality. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z All was done with what seemed to be ease and leisure, as if it were the armed man who was powerless. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, they wrote about either a “situation in your life in which you perceived yourself as particularly powerful,” or one where they felt “particularly powerless.” Science could explain why your racist relatives are so racist 2014-02-03T00:00:00Z As much as I claimed I wanted to get better, I was afraid of going back to rehab, afraid of change, afraid of accepting how powerless around food I’d become. How dogs rescued me from an eating disorder 2014-02-22T23:00:00Z Presidents, then, can find themselves powerless as the conflict reaches its final stages. America’s war mistakes 2012-06-16T20:00:00Z One drops you, trapped and powerless, in the middle of a civil war, while the other uses humor to depict what's it like to start a new life in Europe after escaping the same conflict. Syrian films bring tears and smiles to Berlin Film Festival 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Black New Yorkers might have faced an insurmountable Goliath in the white political establishment, but by challenging the kidnapping club in court and on the streets, they were not entirely powerless. Enslaved, Terrorized, Disenfranchised: Black Americans Still Found Ways to Change America 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z What she does believe is that documentaries can help young people makes sense of a world that makes them feel anxious, alienated and powerless. At AFI Docs, audiences seem younger than ever. Is it a trend? 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z He is his own best promoter, and his success underscores how even Nashville, the most hidebound of music industry towns, is increasingly powerless against the tide of social media. How Bailey Zimmerman Charmed Nashville 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z As his children, we were powerless before them, and laughter was the way we found of pretending we were strong. On the run with my dad 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z In London, march organizer Emma McNally said she felt powerless against the politics of fear and division sweeping Europe, with hate crime and discrimination on the increase. From Athens to Zihuatanejo, a global show of unity for women's rights 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Ideally, therapists serve the powerless and the unhappy. Am I just a mother now? 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z To notice the grid is to be powerless. The grid leaves us powerless 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z But there was another time in particular, that stands out from all the rest, a time when I felt completely powerless to protect myself. He told me he’d “cut out my kids’ tongues”: The experience with online harassment I can’t forget 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Some see him as powerless, others as heroic — either way, I see the most beautifully painted person of color in early American art. Curators’ Choice on Art and Politics 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z “Even the larger ones are really struggling under the weight of what they’re faced with, so it’s very smart for them to gather and remind themselves that they’re not alone and they’re not powerless.” The Daily Call That 200 Arts Groups Hope Will Help Them Survive 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Mortensen always thought that news was a noble profession, dedicated to holding the powerful accountable and giving voice to the powerless — all that stuff they taught her in journalism school at Southern Methodist University. Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z He dedicated the win to victims of abuse by Catholic priests, “the disenfranchised everywhere,” “every Flint, Michigan in the world,” and the powerless. Topsy-Turvy Oscars Race May Gain Clarity in Directors Guild Awards 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Opening the trial last month, Christine Agnew, a British prosecutor, told the jury that Mr. Spacey was “a sexual bully” who “delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable.” In U.K. Court, Kevin Spacey Denies Sexual Assault Charges 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The other resident is Sonya, a tanned, powerless beauty actually called “Beauty” by Paul, who bought her after a runway show. From ‘City of Night’ to ‘After the Blue Hour,’ John Rechy’s lyrical voice speaks many truths 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Literacy imparts real power, and this is especially important for people who feel powerless. Perspective | Ask Amy: It’s time to put ‘a book on every bed’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Most horror stories feature characters who are powerless in the face of malevolent forces, and like such characters, my mother probably felt a lack of agency. Making sense of a senseless world: How children's books can mitigate the horror around us 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But if he portrays Sally as a wholly powerless victim, he denies her ability to negotiate the contradictory forces at work in Jefferson’s delusional paradise. ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Or, as Jackson as commander in chief sings: "With this country before you/That cannot be governed/You find yourself powerless/bloody and scarred." 'Bloody Andrew Jackson' puts the pop in populism 2010-10-14T00:32:00Z In much of Mr. Banks’s writing, his concerns about race, class and power repeatedly surfaced, with particular attention given to the powerless and the overlooked, especially his outwardly unremarkable blue-collar characters. Russell Banks, Novelist Steeped in the Working Class, Dies at 82 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z “Fictional romance is my escapist distraction from this tragedy and it’s stupid, but I feel powerless to stop it.” Sense and social distancing: 'Lockdown has given me a newfound affinity with Jane Austen's heroines' | Josephine Tovey 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z I know how powerless local people feel in the face of smooth-talking, unaccountable bureaucrats. What have Labour done for architecture? 2010-04-21T20:30:00Z Trump just seems like one of the most powerless people I’ve ever seen, and it feels like the story’s really not about him in any way, shape, or form. Adam McKay on the Veracity of “Vice” 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z “Even though I was powerless, even though it would have been a suicidal move for me career-wise, what if I had just said, ‘screw it, I’ll go back to practicing law.’ Megyn Kelly says she did ‘twirl’ before Roger Ailes, too 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Unlike elite athletes and Broadway stars, any individual Rockette is rather powerless, because she is so replaceable. The Rockettes can’t kick this 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Apparently, rigorous thought is powerless against the seductions of the internet. Self-help hits rock Botton 2013-05-13T19:58:00Z She expressed grave concern for the Ukrainian students who are feeling powerless in the face of a powerful enemy's aggression. Ukrainian-born American woman says 'innocent people are dying' in Ukraine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Whether it be alcohol or heroin—the user is powerless in the face of the drug’s delectable, unerring pull. In 1969 the fifth Beatle was heroin: John Lennon's addiction took its toll on the band 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z By invoking this background, Mr. Mikhailov implicitly, perhaps unconsciously, makes himself into a kind of modern Christ figure, wielding photography as a scourge for the powerful and a tool of salvation of the powerless. Art Review: Behold the Anonymous Downtrodden 2011-06-02T21:57:17Z J.D., despite his seemingly subversive ethics, ends up espousing a vicious credo that mimics the Heathers’ division of the world into the powerful and the powerless. “Heathers” Blew Up the High-School Comedy 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z But before we became powerless over our addictions, we were powerless over the harsh and loveless world for which the drugs were made. Review | Rose Andersen’s ‘The Heart and Other Monsters’ preserves the legacy of a lost sister 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z As grown men wept around me in a makeshift theater in Erie, Pa., I finally fully grasped the impact of the piece — how it spoke truth to the powerless. Best of theater 2018: Sensations that crossed borders 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z In the interview, Ms. Poole, who was 24 at the time, said that she felt powerless in dealing with Mr. Wachner, an influential figure in the classical music industry. Trinity Church’s Conductor Put on Leave Amid Investigation 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Is your mother powerless in the relationship when it comes to investments and choices? My father believes the world is ending – and is abusive to my mother | Mariella Frostrup 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z He spent that December day at a firehouse in Newtown, feeling “powerless, extraneous, impotent” as he watched hundreds of frantic parents search for their children. Chris Murphy’s gun-control crusade has arrived back where it began 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z "What I don't understand is why, now that we taxpayers are the majority shareholders of these banks, we seem totally powerless to curb their excessive bonus culture?" 2010-01-18T15:52:00Z But these smaller interactions where Murphy is implied to have fallen short of his self-imposed mandate to empower the powerless demonstrate the peril of pinning one's reputation on such pledges. The problem with Ryan Murphy, a potent Hollywood advocate with a habit of crossing the wrong lines 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The most troublesome new "Riptide" monster is the Screamer, whose wails render you briefly confused and powerless. Review: A new 'Dead Island' vacation with zombies 2013-04-25T13:34:13Z “I enjoy painting the powerless much more than the powerful.” Artists on Art: A New Web Series From the Met 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Some servers spoke of feeling powerless to control the levels of danger and stress their jobs now entail. It’s Time for Diners to Ask the Servers: How Are You Doing? 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The spinster Gertrude Saville, living in her brother's house without any possessions to call her own, produced a heartbreaking diary of her powerless existence. TV review: At Home With the Georgians 2010-12-03T08:00:00Z I was working with one of my life-coaching clients recently, and she was feeling completely powerless about her work schedule. How to Feel More Empowered on a Daily Basis 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z They cannot do anything about it – they are powerless. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani: 'For us it was cinema or death' 2013-03-01T08:00:05Z I had known love but, having known it, I knew how powerless I was to instigate it or ensure its duration. Sex in Silicon Valley: are millennials better at free love? 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z A gaggle of nonspeaking actors with notepads mills about like obsequious officials or timid modern-day reporters, a powerless public hanging on every interaction of the royal family and the King’s enemies. Review: A Long-Awaited New Opera Is a Raucous Beauty 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Now, it should remind us about the control Jackson exerted over the powerless children he surrounded himself with. Perspective | Every Michael Jackson song sounds different today 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z When disaster duly strikes, and Lydia runs off with a notable rake to live in sin somewhere in London, he is powerless. Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z On Monday, the site continued to stump for Trump with headlines that attacked his now-defeated, and largely powerless, opponents. Where does Breitbart end and Bannon and the new administration begin? 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Reports suggest that Welles was largely powerless in the face of Universal’s “supercutter” Ernest Nims, the studio editor who Welles described as his “nemesis”. My streaming gem: why you should watch The Stranger 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Not the pleas of terrorized residents, and certainly not the futile efforts of state police, who still remain nearly powerless against the cartels. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z Distressingly, the experiences of Beah’s characters are the experiences of the powerless everywhere. Review | Ishmael Beah’s memoir revealed the realities of child soldiers. His fiction shows the humanity of homeless kids. 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z ALEC-backed telecommunications deregulation bills hit New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut recently, in a one-two-three punch combination designed as a quick knockout blow that consumers and workers would be powerless to fight. Stop-and-frisk, eviscerated 2012-05-29T19:30:00Z And the problem with depriving yourself of thrilling distractions from the present moment is that you’re left, in the words of the psychotherapist Bruce Tift, feeling “claustrophobic, imprisoned, powerless, and constrained by reality”. Dopamine fasting is a tech fad that sounds silly – but might just work | Oliver Burkeman 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z If pressed, I will strongly imply that Scott holds some kind of mystical or legal sway over me and that I am powerless to alter his decisions. My fake college syllabus 2013-01-26T00:30:00Z He’s writing about the Everyman, midlevel people who are almost powerless. Philip K. Dick?s Masterpiece Years 2010-11-22T22:47:00Z In that moment, I felt powerless not to comply so I tossed the shot back along with any hope of making my 7 am flight. My last alcoholic seizure 2014-01-13T00:30:00Z And I hate hearing stories about his addiction and decline, mainly because I feel powerless to help. Unpredictable 2022: Mostly devastating losses, with one bright surprise 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Organized by the new-music sextet Eighth Blackbird, the festival takes as its starting point Stravinsky’s provocative statement that “music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all.” Music Review: Notes, Melodies and, Here, Politics 2011-02-19T00:40:21Z The important thing, Rosenthal repeats, is to realise that you are not powerless. Winter blues? A practical guide to getting more light in your life 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z But Larson’s deft portraits show the essential connection that words created between the powerful and the powerless, capturing the moments that defined life for millions struggling to survive the decisions of a few. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Until I started taking medication, and felt numbed, completely zombified, and lost two weeks of my life, I felt everything, and was utterly powerless to stop it or stem the irrepressible torment of my illness. Postpartum psychosis: ‘I’m a thing possessed, an animal. I am nearly sectioned twice’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z We yammered at each other and even talked back at the screen because we were powerless to comment in other ways. The Revolution Will Be Handheld 2012-07-05T14:02:00Z Back then, he points out, everybody—rich or poor, powerful or powerless—undertook service in early adulthood. The Bullshit-Job Boom 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z What if the Holocaust and its Manichaean world of victim and perpetrator, powerless and all-powerful, innocent and vile, were always playing in the background, twisting and mangling the contours of reality? When the Holocaust Becomes an Obsession 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Susanne, who home-schooled the children, said she felt powerless against her husband’s dictums. ‘The Wolfpack’ Brothers Step Out of Their World 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z What was that like, to realize the people denying your claims are dealing with a system so broken that they themselves are powerless against it? For author Jenny Lawson, life is brutal — and hilarious 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z But when his “baby sister” went into isolation, he felt powerless and scared. While America fixated on election results, Americans battled covid-19 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z “I wish I was in Styx, but I’m powerless.” Reunion Tour! The Band Is Back! Wait, Who Are These Guys? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Dash noted that online mobs can sometimes serve a public good, as in cases when the powerless are given a voice to hold the ruling class accountable. When the Cyberbully Is You 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z And short of bringing down the entire command structure of the Justice Department and the FBI along with it, which I don't believe he can do, Trump is powerless to stop that. The walls are closing in on Trump, says “Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI” author We... 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Ursula’s sequential rebootings bring home the contingencies of life, the relative powerless we all share in the face of larger forces, like war. ‘A God in Ruins,’ by Kate Atkinson 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z That seemed so uninteresting to us because you've seen it a million times and then it makes the woman powerless, and that's just no fun. Reid Scott's "Late Night" writer character "probably thinks of himself as pretty progressive" 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z She told me she went through the ordeal “crying the whole time,” feeling “totally powerless.” It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z People may feel powerless, she says, but with organisation, strength and commitment, “you can make presidents act”. Minnijean Brown-Trickey: the teenager who needed an armed guard to go to school 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z If, at the time, her mother usually felt too powerless to strike back, Norah gets her revenge here with precise and killing descriptions of these insecure, manipulative creeps. Review | Anne Enright is the real star of her brilliant new novel ‘Actress’ 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z And Ron Cook's Fool is as remarkable in his silences, when he gazes on Lear with powerless compassion, as in his rebarbative, conscience-stabbing jests. King Lear - review 2010-12-08T00:05:00Z Schrader, who wrote the movie with his brother, Leonard, offers a searing diagnosis of how the powerful exploit pressure points among the powerless. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The Woman, after pulling stray words and thoughts together with obvious difficulty, tells of the drowning of her 7-year-old son at play, which she witnessed but — “riveted to the ground…frozen” — was powerless to prevent. Review: 3-D Enhances An Enigmatic New Opera 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z A tired Mr. Nasheed confesses to the man that he is increasingly powerless to do what he wants because domestic opposition is hardening against him. ?The Island President? and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives 2012-03-28T12:00:00Z This theory is useful to politicians, because political ideologies function by identifying some people as powerless and others as powerful. The Lives of Poor White People 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z That helped me see I wasn't a powerless victim or a martyr. A Zoom of one's own: Leaving my job helped my mental health — and my mission 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z After just one day of the experiment, these students quickly internalized the roles of the powerful and the powerless. Psychologist Philip Zimbardo of the Stanford Prison Experiment: Donald Trump is an “unconstrained, unbridled present hedonist” 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z For all the chatter about cancel culture, many consumers are powerless to cancel or even to escape. Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z “We often feel so powerless in this world because we’re surrounded by beauty, fame and money,” she explained. The Power Player of ‘Triangle of Sadness’: Dolly de Leon 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z This is a film that really also takes the view that we are not powerless, that we as voters and as concerned citizens do have an impact on our government. Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of “Dark Money” 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z In both places there was and is a conflict between the city and the village, and there are similarly profound gulfs between rich and poor, powerful and powerless, the great and the small. Essay: Gabriel García Márquez’s Work Was Rooted in the Real 2014-04-21T18:37:38Z It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick and powerless. Russell Brand: My life without drugs 2013-03-09T08:01:00Z The ironically named Marie-Angèle has the makings of a bourgeois hypocrite of the purest type, and yet, like her friend, she is a child, powerless, swept by tides of feeling, devoured by curiosity and longing. Ignorance by Michèle Roberts - review 2012-05-25T21:55:01Z It is easy as we grow strong and get jobs to forget this essential condition but that is our condition, naked, hungry, powerless. How to protect my children? 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z They are not powerless- they had no trouble negotiating their salary increases and profit sharing. Women Say Richard Meier’s Conduct Was Widely Known Yet Went Unchecked 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z If she made it out of the worst beach party ever alive, she’s not totally powerless against the hosts in Season 2. 10 Characters Who Could Run Things in Westworld's Season 2 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z I no longer wanted to be silent or indifferent or powerless. Literary Idol: Bryan Stevenson on Ralph Ellison 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z "He struggled on a little further, hearing Welch's intonation clinging round his voice, powerless for the moment to strip it away". Ten of the best: lectures 2011-03-12T00:06:46Z The argument: a mother who hovers over her little prince or princess too long leaves the former king of the castle feeling increasingly powerless, and likelier to seek a queen on the side. Motherlode Blog: Breastfeeding and Sex: Is Latching On a Turn-Off? 2012-07-15T11:00:53Z As Lloyd puts it: "It's profoundly bleak on so many levels – the failure of idealism, the powerless of one's domestic world to impact on the public world." Can an all-women Julius Caesar work? 2012-11-19T19:18:27Z She also observes that, from her location in Maine, she was powerless to help directly, and the family didn’t want her incurring the expense of a short-notice plane ticket to California. How crowdfunding has become the new American way of death 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The killers feel powerless or inadequate and kill in order to feel powerful. 7 Things We Learned About Serial Killers From the Book Netflix’s Mindhunter Is Based On 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Internalized through and through by rich and poor and powerful and powerless, hegemony keeps everyone in their place. Art Review: A Visit to Thomas Hirschhorn’s ‘Gramsci Monument’ 2013-07-25T21:19:20Z But perhaps that’s the point: Many of us are struggling with the best way to address our global emergency; it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. ‘The Ash Family’ Is a Debut Novel for Our Climate-Anxious Age 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z And so for authorities who get a buzz from controlling others, this creates a terrifying incentive to construct a society that creates dependent, powerless, infantilized, bored, and institutionalized people. Why are Americans so easy to manipulate? 2012-10-13T14:00:00Z Constant resistance by the politically powerless against a white racial establishment is a motif as well in Wells’s analysis of New York City’s 19th-century “kidnapping club.” Enslaved, Terrorized, Disenfranchised: Black Americans Still Found Ways to Change America 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z “These are great forces, but we are not powerless to address them.” Women are increasingly getting the top museum jobs. Will more of them finally get equal pay? 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Maitland's teeming novel strives for epic status, jumping around between narrators and countries, giving us oracle twins, a powerless child king and a wily adventurer who may not be what he seems. Thrillers: John O'Connell's choice – reviews 2012-08-10T21:55:07Z Asher may spend much of his screen time strung up and powerless, but he does get to head-butt a traitor and take down a few guys. Top 10 Hollywood presidents we would rather have in the White House right now 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Speaking of power, control, and vulnerability, your film is certainly a metaphor for Mexican society where citizens are powerless against outside forces. "It is a civil war": "Heroic" director on how the Mexican military makes ordinary men into killers 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Fortunately, since DC has no vote in Congress, we're used to feeling powerless, so even having half-power seems like an improvement. In the Twittersphere, the D.C. Council went from dry to wry thanks to this guy 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “I just remember feeling so powerless, away from the community of poets that I knew understood what that meant and what it felt like,” Monet recalled of her response to the storm. Aja Monet, a Musical Poet of Love 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z But, long before Havel formulated the “power of the powerless,” Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., showed that the coöperative action of self-aware individuals can be a formidable force. Václav Havel’s Lessons on How to Create a “Parallel Polis” 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z He had the loud, unapologetic flair of a Black man who grew up powerless, getting beat up by white kids on the block, and who proved revolutionary in another white space: the music industry. Coming to Terms With the Legacy of Rick James 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z We’re powerless over the addictive substance, and trust in a Higher Power, and the program itself, to provide us with the strength and strategy to quit. Addiction is not a disease: A neuroscientist argues that it’s time to change our minds on the roots of substance abuse 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Alas, Husband No. 2 died just 10 years later, leaving Elizabeth a widow again, but far from powerless. Brush with the Bard is backdrop for story of powerful early modern woman 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z In the end, it seems that it’s the innocent and powerless people who suffer. Andrea Lee on Cross-Cultural Encounters 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z I felt so powerless, so weak, so Scottish. Confessions of an internet troll 2012-11-09T15:00:00Z He felt powerless in “a so-called democracy that is waging wars in the name of protecting me and my country and my way of life.” Dan Deacon explores 'America' 2012-08-30T04:59:00Z Even at the height of his powers, his father – compelled to be honest – tells him the truth, and it’s a truth Kilgrave is powerless to change: even Kilgrave’s father wants him to die. Jessica Jones: shattering exploration of rape, addiction and control 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Most dealers we spoke to told similar stories: that the police might search them, but are powerless to arrest. Is the growth in nitrous oxide misuse a laughing matter? 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z This was based on fact, which against belief, is powerless. The faith of the Fox Nation: belief in opinions trumps hope in news 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z They are not weak, but they are powerless, ruled by men and God. Was There a Murder on the Mayflower? 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z But this eloquent book is that rare history of America that not only includes the weak, the powerless and the stigmatized, but also places them front and center. 6 Books to Help Understand Trump’s Win 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z “And everyone feels pretty powerless about what’s happening with the drought.” California’s Drought Changes Habits in the Kitchen 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z “But there’s nothing available. I’m feeling pretty powerless over it all. We’re doing everything we were told to do, and it’s taken since early May.” Another Pain Point in a Summer of Travel Woes: Getting a Passport 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z But as you voyeuristically gaze into the dioramas, the artist’s static depictions of his sufferings make you feel powerless. Conceptual, Sensual, Degenerate: Your Summer Art Choices 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z When Shredder tempts the Turtles with a “99-cheese pizza,” they are almost powerless to resist. REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mock Turtle 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z If you are powerless, he understands, your story will always be told by somebody else. An Undocumented Immigrant Has Information About a Murder. What to Do? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z But Wheaton acknowledged the impossibility of the situation, how they were both children at the time and powerless to make change. During "Stand by Me," Wil Wheaton was being abused. Jerry O'Connell didn't know 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The quiet storm churning in Belinda, Rothwell said, reflects the experience of service industry professionals who feel powerless in their position. Natasha Rothwell Used to Be Paid in Beer 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The “power of the powerless,” he argued, resides in their capacity to organize themselves and resist “the irrational momentum of anonymous, impersonal, and inhuman power.” Václav Havel’s Lessons on How to Create a “Parallel Polis” 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Leanne was powerless to resist and, soon enough, could be found in her wedding dress begging to return to her old life of endless scowls above the bookies. Eastenders: Dodgy Derek is brown bread 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z Rotunno has argued in interviews that women have agency and with that comes responsibility, that the women who have accused Weinstein were not powerless. Perspective | The women surrounding the Weinstein trial are using their clothes to redefine who has power 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z I think particularly right now, people feel so aggrieved and crazed and powerless that they’re picking the wrong battles. ‘Simpsons’ Creator Matt Groening Says Debate Around Apu Is ‘Tainted’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “We are relatively powerless in the process right now,” he said, “but being powerless in the process means we don’t have to worry about our impact of inadvertently doing something that would hurt our mother.” Paulina Porizkova, Full-Frontal Emotion 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z You want to be powerless as you are leaning into hurricane winds or with your eyes closed or looking into the ocean. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Reading the book enraged her, because it brought home to her how powerless she was. ‘The Affair’ Season 2 Episode 5: Never Read the Book 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z But what’s most disturbing is that most of the material is about feeling powerless in his home. Judd Apatow Stands Up 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The gratifying lesson is that however much the pious seek legal safeguards against mockery, they remain powerless against their greatest comic threat. Rewind TV: OK! TV; The British Academy Film Awards; Champions League Football; Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence 2011-02-20T00:05:41Z The 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on which the musical is based charts a powerless Southern black woman’s discovering the power within her over several decades of the early 20th century. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘Prudencia Hart’ Sing Anew in London 2013-07-16T21:56:11Z This leaves gay employees feeling marginalised and powerless to speak up. Lord Browne: testimonies on life inside the glass closet 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Roberts, in fact, regularly opposes the rights of blacks, gay people, the poor and other relatively powerless groups. The ‘Enigma’ Who Is the Chief Justice of the United States 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z We learn that following her disappearance, Tara's parents were transformed overnight from confident and poised people "to frail, powerless, elderly, and lost individuals". Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce – review 2012-07-04T07:00:02Z When others think you are powerless, you see the worst of human nature–and it’s not the homeless whose behavior repulses you. Why Richard Gere’s “homeless” photo went viral: It’s more common — and closer to home — than we like to think 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z A woman who was powerless in the face of murderous force is endowed with the higher power of dignity and self-possession. Review | Breonna Taylor’s image adorned T-shirts, signs and street murals. Now her portrait is in the Smithsonian. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z We feel paralyzed, numb, powerless—perhaps, if we close our eyes, everything will just get better. The Power of the One-Take Film 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z She poses for the male gaze, but she is an unruly woman – the white witch with supernatural powers; the burlesque star in "an upside-down world of enormous, powerful women and powerless, victimised men". Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z Just months after “Punisher: Purgatory” wrapped up, Frank Castle was back as a living, breathing, powerless mortal dropping mafiosi off the Empire State Building with precious little explanation. Does God exist in the Marvel Universe? 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Christopher Storer is a filmmaker who has been working on a documentary about LocoL for the past six months, but by his own admission, he’s been powerless to resist the project’s electrifying spirit. The Los Angeles fast food revolution 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z The disease grabbed headlines, stoked panic and drove massive fundraising campaigns. Doctors and scientists were powerless to prevent or treat the scourge. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z But there is a tiny subset of unresolved and evil endings that leave their protagonists poised, helpless, on the brink of cataclysm, with the reader forever conscious, forever appalled and forever powerless to intervene. Coming to bad ends: stories that refuse closure 2012-11-20T11:53:34Z Me, I am well nigh powerless to it. In search of this year's "30 Rock" 2010-10-02T23:01:00Z Mr. Pine finally gets to speak in Mr. LaBute’s “Lovely Head” and to demonstrate the power an actor can find in playing powerless. Theater Review: ‘AdA,’ Plays by Neil LaBute and Marco Calvani at La MaMa 2012-10-05T22:24:29Z They know it's wrong but they're powerless to stop it and deprive their followers of the fix they crave. Clubs picks of the week 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z Air Canada called Adams after the incident several times, she said, asking her to relay the series of events that led to her being stranded alone on a powerless plane. Air Canada passenger claims she woke up on dark, empty plane alone 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z What can you say about the way women are both powerless and powerful when it comes to having control over their bodies? "Body Parts" examines the labor of movie nudity – the good, the bad and the merkins 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Isenberg retells United States history in a manner that not only includes the weak, the powerless and the stigmatized but places them front and center. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Ku Li has the powerless status of the child, though he is hardly playing: he "carts a world along, and carts a war." Poem of the week: Ku Li by Robin Hyde 2011-02-28T12:55:00Z She tells Jamie, “If I go back then it would be like lying in that ditch again. Helpless and powerless to move like a dragonfly in amber.” ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 9: ‘A Dragonfly in Amber’ 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The scene upstaged the shoppers, and I was struck by how powerless the mother looked as she was taken down by her 4 year old. How Children Have Become Their Parents' Bullies 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Luis' participation gets him privileges — like missing out on a hazing initiation — but it also puts Luis in an untenable position where he feels powerless. "It is a civil war": "Heroic" director on how the Mexican military makes ordinary men into killers 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z I just felt so powerless, really nauseous and on edge the whole day. Action! Vivid Moments on Set, Relived 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z But it was profoundly sad to see his models made powerless. Balenciaga put engineers, architects and moms on its runway — to make a statement about power in the workplace 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Against those forces, systems of law enforcement are powerless and, indeed, may be in on the con. Want to punch a Nazi? Amazon's "Hunters" is the show for you 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Of course, Ford was a relatively powerless mayor, and the actual damage he was able to inflict on Toronto’s citizens and institutions was minimal. What Toronto Knows about Trump after Living through Rob Ford 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z This is something that publishers are well aware of, but still seem powerless to do anything about. Are books dead, and can authors survive? 2011-08-22T16:21:14Z The song was “Hostage,” written with Nick Valensi of the Strokes, and its message — feeling powerless to break free of a lover’s mistreatment — was a fine match for the expressive bigness of her voice. Music Review: A Big-Voiced Singer Takes Off In Several Directions at Once 2011-07-28T22:09:05Z The actor Kevin Spacey is “a sexual bully” who “delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable,” a prosecutor told a British jury on Friday. Kevin Spacey Called ‘Sexual Bully’ by Prosecutor in U.K. Trial 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z As his romantic tastes shifts from known quantities — like Hepburn, Rogers and Gardner — to powerless unknowns, “Seduction” reveals the root of Hughes’s interest in women: a desire to exert total control, rather than true affection. Review | How Howard Hughes manipulated aspiring starlets — and kept it a secret 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Pension officials initially told the Tribune that they were powerless to do much more than process the paperwork and start wiring the checks into Hicks' account. Fugitives enrich themselves from abroad 2011-11-02T14:00:00Z In the final chapter of her book, Goldberg advises a young law student to “find your biggest obstacle, that thing that makes you feel most powerless, and ask yourself, ‘How do I fix this?’ She fights every 'troll, psycho and perv' she can find – and uses the law to do it 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Looking at this year's Emmy nominations, it's hard not to crack the old joke about Americans being rendered powerless by the sight of a stately home. Emmy nominations 2012: Downton dominates, despite its flaws 2012-07-19T16:04:00Z “There was this idea that the island was completely invaded, and I use this word on purpose, by migrants, and that the locals were powerless,” Luciano explains. 'A tale of two crises': a husband and wife document Europe's refugee crisis 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z “People talk about it as a reaction to feeling powerless, as well — that it’s a way to reassert your control over a situation,” Ambrose says. Who is your work Joe Manchin? 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Now, we’re on a different ship with a different crew and Michael Burnham is in a powerless position. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1, Episode 3: Sometimes Down is Up 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s just curious how a man–period–adjusts to mundane life after 19 years of being brutalized and powerless, deserved or not. TV Tonight: Rectify 2013-04-22T17:09:03Z In his day, he was as famous as the kings of American late-night comedy are now — and just as powerless to affect elections. A Lauded Satirist of the Weimar Republic Who Anticipated the Brutality of the Third Reich 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z And on all of us, through a greater willingness to listen to the powerless and too-often voiceless, including those who have suffered sexual and other abuse. I’m in ‘Spotlight’, but it’s not really about me. It’s about the power of journalism. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z This focus on the relatively powerless is all too convenient in deflecting anger away from those who actually wield power in British society. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Food can become a symbol of what separates the powerful from the powerless, or certain groups from the rest of society. Why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z A group of interrelated professional people, incubating various doomed romances, are used to demonstrate inspired self-absorption and powerless vision. Table; Children of the Sun – review 2013-04-20T23:08:26Z At that moment I felt very powerless and scared but didn't want to act that way hoping that I was wrong about the situation. Cara Delevingne Speaks Out on Meeting With Harvey Weinstein: ‘I Felt Very Powerless and Scared’ 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Her new version of the Beatitudes, one of the oldest manifestos for the poor and powerless, restored poetry to political rhetoric. Nikola Richter on Germany's age of the arts manifesto 2011-03-16T22:15:01Z Then, unexpectedly, one of the oldsters begins to smile, to tap a foot, and then to dance goofily in place, seemingly powerless before this new and forbidden fun. The Startling Blast of “Rock Around the Clock,” Sixty Years Later 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z You were correct to lean on your online travel agent for a refund, but it looks as if the site was powerless to move your refund forward. A year out from a canceled Boston-to-Paris flight, the refund is still up in the air | Travel Troubleshooter 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z That seems to be the underlying theme this season, and mostly what we see at the outset are characters who feel powerless against their own fatal flaws. "True Blood" returns with even sharper teeth 2010-06-12T00:20:00Z “American law,” Witt writes, “has regularly displayed a combination of neglect and contempt toward the health of the powerless,” subjecting them to the crude instruments of quarantines and coercion. Using the Law to Fight Epidemics, for Better and Worse 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z In 2009 he told an interviewer for the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, “I used photography to distance myself from a world that I loathed and was powerless to improve.” Lewis Baltz, Photographer of American Landscapes, Dies at 69 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The girl’s quarry, a long, thin, sombre character she dubs the Riverman, is somewhat powerless in the face of her desire. This Week in Fiction: Kevin Barry on the Haunted Certainty of Young Artists 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Actually, an imbalance of power in a relationship may deliver more satisfaction for the powerless one than for the power-holder. This Week in Fiction: Tessa Hadley on Fiction as Anthropology 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z They described a world in which teachers felt increasingly powerless, subject to both the demands of the parents and the contempt of the students. New York, ‘Gossip Girl’ Loves You, Again 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z If anything, their father and mother took that away from them and left them feeling powerless, which explains this need for Kendall to overcompensate and try too hard and overshoot the mark. ‘Succession’: Jeremy Strong on Kendall’s ‘Catastrophic’ Ending 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z How will our family deal with being powerless lackeys? ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z No matter how ordinary or powerless the character, to each unfortunate soul yet inheres a magnificent, perhaps infinite, capacity for suffering. Stories That Double as a Field Guide to Women’s Desires and Miseries 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z In that respect, the pope is, on the one hand, a completely powerless man. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z Apparently pondering the gap between the two — the unbelievably rich and powerful and the desperately poor and powerless — tipped the balance. 'The President and the Assassin': when ruthless capitalism and radical anarchy collided 2011-06-09T20:09:05Z The mayor’s downfall becomes inevitable once he allies himself with the common people, “the silent and the powerless.” A Different View of the Afghan War Yields the Same Grim Truth 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z In a statement posted on Instagram she said she was left feeling “very powerless and scared” when he invited her to his hotel room and tried to make her kiss a woman. Oscars to discuss response to Harvey Weinstein allegations 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z “It has a tight libretto, with no fluff. And the whole idea of being powerless, of political corruption, of a teenage girl facing hard choices — it’s something everyone understands.” A Fascist-era ‘Rigoletto’ returning to Seattle Opera 2013-12-31T23:10:37Z The villain isn’t defeated by traditional means; though Blanc solves the case, Bron disposes of the single bit of evidence that could put him away, rendering Blanc powerless to do anything. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z If you literally stuffed yourself on the language of self-empowerment, would it actually produce a bloated, powerless figure? Fashion Review: At C?line, a Tough Follow-Up 2010-03-08T04:45:00Z Equally, they may symbolise the poorest, most powerless of people, whose status, even on terra firma, is that of the social stowaway. Poem of the week: Stowaways by Lawrence Sail 2011-01-31T10:20:36Z I am powerless in the face of foreign accents. My year on Match.com 2013-03-31T11:00:00Z They reminded me of feeling like my hands were tied — I was powerless to ease their suffering, or even to be there for my own daughter. Motherlode Blog: Talking With My Daughter About My Service in Iraq 2013-05-05T12:56:02Z He's a fighter, a hero, a defender of the powerless. Defying the Taliban, one (bad) movie at a time 2010-06-19T16:02:00Z The moral usually drawn from these statistics is that we are powerless to resist the sugary, salty, fatty foods that the food industry promotes. Bee Wilson | No diet, no detox: how to relearn the art of eating 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Doré, her character in “Night Is a Room,” a house cleaner who lives alone and treats herself to the occasional Sudoku puzzle, initially seems like one of the powerless. Ann Dowd, a Late Arrival Worth the Wait 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z At the same time, a common refrain was that they were powerless to change their country’s political course. A Russian Rapper Brings His Banned Antiwar Message to Istanbul 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z And finally they converge on the concept of a clown which is just the most helpless and powerless thing. ‘It Chapter Two’ Is Out. Let’s Talk About Where That Clown Came From. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “Every one of us is poor and powerless. We have no names, no family, and yet together we can overthrow an empire.” "Game of Thrones": Hello There, Jon Snow! 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But the president’s proposed budget also includes attacks on communities that did indeed support Trump but that are too powerless to resist. Perspective | It’s not an attack on the arts, it’s an attack on communities 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z I can relate to these crypt-dwellers somehow, chatty and powerless in a world of snarling musclemen. “Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 3 Recap: The Stab Heard Round the World 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z That is the oratorio Handel wrote before “Israel in Egypt,” about a powerless people fleeing the subjugation of an oppressive state. Review: An Unexpectedly Relevant Oratorio at the Philharmonic 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The powerful and the powerless are similarly afflicted. “Game of Thrones” recap: Is there hope for Westeros after all? 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The world’s powerful will rescue the world’s powerless, so sit back, relax, and just keep loving one another. Review | The world might be ending, but don’t worry — Bono still loves you 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Above all, they were powerless to prevent the roughness of the neighbourhoods they inhabited cascading into their lives. Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus III ? review 2011-07-29T10:43:00Z But to be a junior family member under someone like that is weirdly powerless – they have the trappings of this great life yet they’re frustrated by their impotence. Succession star J Smith-Cameron: ‘Gerri is quite a badass but also relatable’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z After two decades in the restaurant business, being constantly touched and propositioned by male bosses and customers, “you feel powerless and afraid and you assume that nothing will be done,” she said. Ken Friedman of the Spotted Pig Will Pay $240,000 in Sexual Harassment Case 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z In the husky, earthy colorings of his singing, you heard the voice of a gruff, powerless soldier and failed family man trying to stay afloat without being overcome by bitterness. Music Review: Vienna State Opera Presents ‘Wozzeck’ and ‘Salome’ 2014-03-02T17:51:50Z This blending works well, reminding us that the battle before us, between the powerful and the powerless, has a long heritage. Beanfield 2010-06-03T21:45:00Z The production was too ornate and too glitzy by his reckoning, and he was powerless to stop it. Andrew Lloyd Webber: Lord, Baron, Rocker 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z But after her parents informed her that they would not be getting vaccinated but would be attending, she felt powerless to stop them. When anti-vaxxers want to come to your wedding 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z This collection is the place to start, even though my favourite story is "The Man Whom the Trees Loved", where a wife finds herself powerless to save her husband from the trees he loves. Kate Mosse's top 10 ghost stories 2010-10-27T10:24:00Z In Isaac Babel’s story “You Must Know Everything,” we are told that knowledge is what protects the powerless from being destroyed. Crossing Abbey Road: It’s More Dangerous Than You Might Think 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Get up each day and remind yourself that you are powerless over the disease that afflicts your mother. My mom’s a chronic debtor 2013-01-22T01:00:00Z "Gone is all my strength and guile,Old and powerless am I." Poem: Random Ageist Verses by Peter Porter 2010-04-23T16:13:00Z But Mr. Dahl is the Episode 9 MVP, drawing out the tension of the bestsequences and making us feel just as powerless as Jones and her colleagues. ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 9: Locked Room Mystery 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z “The Handmaid’s Tale” is best when charting this territory, demonstrating the ways that women become complicit in a patriarchy that ultimately keeps them powerless. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Series Premiere Recap: Welcome to Gilead 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z It allows us to see the potential collective power of those who are most isolated and seem powerless: women stuck at home changing nappies. A life in writing: Selma James 2012-06-08T21:45:05Z A crucial springboard to sobriety was realizing that you were powerless over alcohol—you were not capable of moderate or occasional drinking. Addiction is not a disease: How AA and 12-step programs erect barriers while attempting to relieve suffering 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Having recognised the humanity of the victims he remains powerless, and possibly even unwilling, to prevent their deaths. Chris Power 2011-08-25T11:15:00Z "I understand that all men are dizzy and powerless to say 'no' to you, but consider me the incorruptible exception!" "Mad Men" recap: A man in a room with a checkbook 2010-08-09T12:13:00Z It meant being powerless, utterly dependent on the mercy of strangers, and he hated that, too. Review: In ‘Hero of the Empire,’ a Young Churchill Earns His Spurs 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z "From God comes the courage not to be intimidated by petty gossip," said Pope Benedict XVI, as he presented the accusations of the powerless as acts of aggression. The shameful history of silence on child abuse 2012-10-06T23:06:33Z Brilliantly narrated, this is a powerful depiction of the character, predicament and decisions of a powerless man. Review | For your quarantine stroll, three great new audiobooks 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Tunkel’s report touched on the notion that people who committed arson were often people who felt powerless and were trying to regain authority in their own lives. An arsonist was terrorizing rural Virginia. But he had a peculiar way of doing it. 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Schiebergen said she felt “defeated and powerless” when the appointment was canceled. For a Woman in a Wheelchair, Abortion Access Was One More Challenge 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z It ”makes you realize how powerless we are,” said Stefano Tonchi, the editor of W. According to Mr. Wainwright, it’s hard to see what fashion is going to have to do with the new administration. Is Fashion’s Love Affair With Washington Over? 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z In each case, a reporter “is writing about people who are fundamentally powerless,” said Nikki Usher, a media and public affairs professor at George Washington University. A journalist on the crime beat becomes the subject of some skeptical journalism 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z For me, this episode completed the transition of the women from abused and powerless characters early on to strong and dominant players now. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 9: The Hungry Dogs of War 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The opening episode of "Hawkeye" meets up with the mostly retired heroic archer operating in the uncharacteristic role of the powerless witness. "Hawkeye" reminds us why Jeremy Renner's archer is the least Avenger 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Perhaps Americans feel powerless in an era of gushing oil, ongoing wars and a slippery economy, and want to believe that the little people can vanquish the big bad guys. Noticed: The New Power of Petite Women 2010-06-25T21:44:00Z Pitiful and powerless as he was, the Romans still hunted him down to Bithynia, where they were only denied revenge by his decision to take poison. A story of Hannibal offers a lesson to the modern world 2010-07-06T13:13:00Z Ms. Lee, 50, also said she reminds her daughters that they are not powerless. After the Election, Some Women Assert Themselves With Small Gestures 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “I chose to participate at a point in my life where I felt powerless and needed a boost,” said Amanda. Naked Mormon women go viral, talk back 2014-02-02T15:30:00Z The black policemen are almost as powerless to investigate her death as they are hated by their white male colleagues. A novel about police brutality in 1948 Atlanta that sounds eerily relevant today 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In France, Ms. Borges said, she would skip classes to play shows: Her teachers were powerless. Nídia Is Bringing the Sound of Lisbon’s Ghettos to the World 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z It was high concept: measurably loud, spiritually powerless. Music Review: Black Cobra, the Body, Zoroaster at St. Vitus - Review 2011-12-12T23:25:11Z As the lights dim, and the taps pour out beer like faucets, here is someone who, feeling otherwise powerless, has something to say. Son Volt's Jay Farrar is "singing about the dark times" on "Union," the new protest album 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z His marriage is falling apart, and mental archery is his last defense against feeling completely powerless. Review | In ‘Hark,’ a lifestyle guru isn’t even buying his own shtick 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z “It’s devastating to realize how many young women have been taken advantage of and felt powerless to do anything about it,” the statement said. The Nude Pictures That Won’t Go Away 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Incredibly moving film showing how rumour and hearsay can destroy a person’s life and how they are powerless once the community makes their mind up. 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z They will be as powerless as spitting babies next to whoever controls a consolidated internet. Why ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Is the Book for Our Social Media Age 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z When Essex, powerless after losing campaigns in Portugal, France and Ireland, attempted to ignite a rebellion against Elizabeth in London, he was beheaded. Smart redhead 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z In some respects, Menkes’s assessment isn’t inaccurate — indeed, some films very much want to make women look powerless and erotic, but that’s not a problem in and of itself. ‘Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power’ Review: Demystifying the Male Gaze 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Feeling powerless and unsure of how to help without meddling, Ms. Malone set up another recurring monthly donation, this time to the American Civil Liberties Union. Time to Make the Donates! 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Live, the visual spectacle of human effort rendered powerless by overwhelming force speaks volumes. Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to Roar 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z “I was feeling so disenfranchised and powerless, even though I knew I had the power,” said Ms. Cohen, the restaurant’s chef and owner. What Is Hospitality? The Current Answer Doesn’t Work. 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z She says she felt powerless to complain about Martins’s treatment. New York City Ballet leader to take leave amid sexual, violence allegations 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Feminism, she tells us, has become a self-serving brand popularized by C.E.O.s and beauty companies, a “fight to allow women to participate equally in the oppression of the powerless and the poor.” The Case Against Contemporary Feminism 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Richard’s assessment of the killer’s MO, that pulling teeth meant “power for someone who feels powerless”, would fit the bill. Sharp Objects recap: season one, episode four - Ripe 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z “I might be powerless to break it,” he thinks, “but who would I be if I didn’t try?” Angel, Buffy’s Favorite Brooder, Is Back in a New Comic Series 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z We’re too numb, dumb, powerless and indifferent, too busy fighting trivial battles. ‘Don’t Look Up’ Review: Tick, Tick, Kablooey 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z “This powerless man made state after state fall apart,” he says. Mats Ek — the Swedish rebel choreographer who’s ‘allergic to pretty’ 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z In Pin’s world, girls are fragile, vulnerable, under attack and powerless to defend themselves. Review | Disguised as a boy, the heroine of ‘Curious Toys’ finds freedom — and answers 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z There are more intense films with blood and killings, but this grabs people because you feel powerless. Short films, big Oscar hopes: Inside 4 Academy Award contenders for Best Live Action short 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z One day he watched, powerless, as a lion attacked his best friend, who died of his injuries. Lifelike after death: the intricacies of a taxidermist's craft 2013-07-16T13:01:30Z “I felt like I was powerless and ashamed that I couldn’t be this person I wanted to be for him, which is why I deserted.” Exes Explain Ghosting, the Ultimate Silent Treatment 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z There are some who have suggested that the black actors working for QT are part of that sorry, powerless tradition. Django Unchained: is its portrayal of slavery too flippant? 2013-01-10T21:00:04Z However, the chains appear powerless to intervene over Sandler jumping ship. Adam Sandler signs exclusive four films deal with Netflix 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z I was powerless: Put me down for both. dIn North Carolina, the Art of Living Retreat is a balancing act of rest and activities 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Hearing him tell a crowd that I was an inspiration wasn't on my bingo card, either, after I felt I had been powerless to help him. Unpredictable 2022: Mostly devastating losses, with one bright surprise 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “Just feeling so powerless in a situation was the direct common link,” she said. 'It makes people uncomfortable': inside the Weinstein-inspired thriller about complicity 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Even before the third act, where she crowed the tunes of the love music to mock the blinded, powerless Samson, we knew this love was poisonous. Review | Can’t even sex sell opera? 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Most of the stories deal with people who feel powerless about being pushed to the margins. Can W. Kamau Bell make CNN hilarious? 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Through articles about Amy Lee's struggles with the music industry that were copied there, I learned about structural injustices, these forces that piled on me and everyone I knew, that made us feel powerless. Bring me to life: Evanescence helped me find my trans voice 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z But Mr. Lord proved powerless to halt Kerouac’s decline into alcoholism and drugs, during which Mr. Lord would sometimes spring for his groceries. Sterling Lord, Premier Literary Agent, Is Dead at 102 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z I think of John, who refused to be powerless, who exercised valiant agency to stop real-life horror. Making sense of a senseless world: How children's books can mitigate the horror around us 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z When Mum, Dad and I first stepped aboard the Paris to Venice sleeper train, there was a clear hierarchy at play: they were the authoritative parents, I was the mutinous yet ultimately powerless teenager. 'Don't play Truth or Dare with your mum': how to survive a family holiday by train 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z “They say Emily was the flower and her sister was the waterer,” Nixon said, talking about the poet’s loneliness, the way she was both powerful in her family and powerless in society. Cynthia Nixon’s “Emily Thing” 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z GD If it’s a woman who’s an assistant and feels cowed and abused by her male boss, then she probably knows exactly what’s going on, but feels powerless. Geena Davis meets Paul Feig: ‘I had an audition cancelled when I wouldn’t have dinner with the producer’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z “Malfi” leaves you feeling powerless, confused, both overfed and underfed, and slightly contaminated. At ?Malfi? and ?Bum Bum? in London, Active Audience 2010-08-12T22:26:00Z These are messages meant to keep women powerless and set us against one another. Review | Lisa Taddeo’s ‘Three Women’ examines the way men’s actions shape female desire 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z “Light Shining in Buckinghamshire” is, after all, a play about equity and representation among people usually powerless over their lives. Review: When the ‘Light Shining’ on Revolution Falters 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z For every famous woman who has resources to survive making a public accusation, there are scores of powerless victims too. ‘Bombshell’ almost died; How Charlize Theron helped saved it 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s all very well having the ability to call out predators, but if we remain powerless in creating consequences for such behaviour, what is actually being achieved? My daughter was raped, but won’t let me help deal with her pain | Dear Mariella 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Able to recall and recite long passages of the Bible, Josiah is a weird kid, powerless at school but strong in this house of God. Book review: ‘High as the Horses’ Bridles,’ by Scott Cheshire Being in care is being caged, the social workers are little more than prison warders and even the sincere ones fail you, because they're powerless. The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan – review 2013-04-26T16:00:01Z New company members showed promise: As the Chorus in “Cave,” Leslie Andrea Williams was unmannered and open, powerless to prevent the horror she foresees. Review: Martha Graham Dance Celebrates 90 Years 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Majumdar excels at depicting the workings of power on the powerless; for her characters, power is no abstract concept but a visceral assault on the body and its senses. A Facebook Post Lands an Innocent Woman in Jail in This Riveting Debut Novel 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z War and the economic woes of their parents topped the list, but the children said they were powerless to resolve those problems. Cartoon Network plans major anti-bullying campaign 2010-05-25T19:04:00Z “It made opposition, even nonviolent civil disobedience, seem fun and right and necessary and heroic, and something even someone as powerless as a kid could and should undertake.” Ronni Solbert, Children’s Book Illustrator, Dies at 96 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z She follows a boyfriend from Paris to Tokyo, which makes her feel powerless and lonely. Take a walk on the Parisian side with Lauren Elkin's 'Flâneuse' 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Michael was rhyming “go-go” with “yo-yo” and telling somebody to stay in bed with him and hitting delirious high notes, and we were powerless to resist; we couldn’t stop dancing. George Michael’s Pop Paradise 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z “Power,” reads the company’s website, “must be handed back to women in what is a devastatingly powerless situation.” Locking panties and man-repelling bracelets: Is this what the women of 2018 need? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z I worry for our children, because they live in a world of decaying trust that they seem powerless to resist. How do I tell my daughter that her online ‘truth’ is a conspiracy theory? 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z It also reads like an allegory of the powerful and the powerless, with a red Boschian devil in a lower corner devouring, one hopes, the evil ones. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z I felt very powerless and useless because we weren’t talking. When Your Girlfriend Is Your Father 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z She wants to live and rule by her principles—freeing the powerless, leading through strength and fairness—but it’s tricky. Season 5 of “Game of Thrones” 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z She thought it would be fascinating to play a character so close to power yet ultimately powerless. Louis-Dreyfus is 1 heartbeat away in HBO comedy 2012-04-20T19:01:08Z Today, a clear majority of our citizens—of every ideological persuasion—share the same disquieting suspicion: that we are somehow powerless to fix our broken civic systems. We all got addicted to Jon Stewart: How the “Daily Show’s” brilliance made us codependent with the crazies 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z The frictions and bonds are palpable, and the subject seems evergreen as Tevye frets about changing traditions he is powerless to control. ‘Fiddler’ at Arena: A match What fuels online engagement is the capacity of digital platforms to make everyone feel both enormously powerful and utterly powerless. The Many Uses (and Abuses) of Shame 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z It's also the one food I am truly powerless against. The salty, sweet, cheesy popcorn I can't stop eating 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The creators of Outlander want us to see Claire as a freethinker, and while she is on the surface, she’s also powerless against the romance genre’s inherent constraints against true feminism. Outlander Recap: Feminism and Time Travel in a Bodice-Ripping Romance? Sure! 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z Everything was oriented around, "My mom is the best and mom knows better than me, and I'm helpless and powerless without her." "She taught me an eating disorder": Jennette McCurdy on why some moms "don't deserve" to be revered 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Stan does some heavy lifting to move the needle on Lee from rock star caricature to a man rendered powerless by the circumstances that have befallen him, even if they are of his own creation. "Pam & Tommy" is the greatest, hugest love story ever told about an unauthorized celebrity sex tape 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Sometimes true girl power means accepting that we are actually vulnerable, and even powerless – then figuring out how to adapt and have our needs met in other ways. What Girls Really Need to Know About Friendships 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z "And then when she left I realised how much power we had when she was there, and how when she left she took 50% of the power with her… I felt powerless in many ways." McVie set for Fleetwood Mac reunion 2013-09-13T16:36:12Z Good thing he wasn't in the female or children's changing room, because then he'd be powerless against their attacks. Bullet to the Head: no one messes with Sylvester Stallone 2012-10-04T15:15:00Z It’s easy enough to formulate a distinction between the redemptive satire that aims upward, toward the seats of privilege and authority, versus the bullying kind that picks on the powerless. Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z I armed myself with all the things that used to scare me, and I scared myself with them until they were mostly powerless. My year of anxiety: How my worries took control, and how I’m taking it back 2014-01-26T21:00:00Z She also drew on her own experience as an immigrant and her feeling of being powerless and not belonging, she said. She Pulled Her Debut Book When Critics Found It Racist. Now She Plans to Publish. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But I would leave feeling dirty and disgusted with myself and powerless — and dehumanized. Christine Lahti’s Tales of Feminism, Sex and Aging in Hollywood 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z That might sound melodramatic on paper, but her delivery makes her sound numb and powerless, her heart aching in sync with the national mood. Review | Hailey Whitters made the year’s deepest country album. Just look beneath the surface. 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z He also felt powerless as he watched the orchestra reduce its administrative staff by 40 percent in order to survive. Jaap van Zweden to Step Down as New York Philharmonic’s Maestro 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Until very recently, the public preferred the one that allowed Allen to keep making movies, movies in which comparatively powerless young women willingly enter into relationships with older, more powerful men. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow and What Popular Culture Wants to Believe 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z But you and I are essentially powerless over the process of addiction. My friend is out of control 2013-01-14T01:00:00Z Again, in the face of that uncertainty, many in Wrinkles' extended community of Naples, Florida, were left feeling powerless. HBO's "The Outsider" to "Wrinkles the Clown" – why the boogeyman is all over our TVs 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z They feel empowered by a unifying rage; they feel powerless from the lack of speedy redress. He lost to George Santos. Now he’s trying to make up for it. 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The mezzo Toby Newman was a fresh-voiced and sympathetic Emilia, who seemed well aware of the violent forces threatening Desdemona but powerless to stop them. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Ultimately she was powerless to affect the succession. Book review: ‘Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters,’ by Philip Eade I never knew the powerless could be armed. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z We see it all as it unfolds, but remain powerless. Brian De Palma Deconstructs Sequences in His Films 2013-08-25T22:04:16Z Like homeopaths in the face of someone who's actually ill, they were powerless. Fast food: the reason behind our national incompetence 2012-10-06T23:06:03Z You wouldn’t want to bump into him in a dark alley — or, as Syd is, to be stalked around a bedroom while your psychic boyfriend screams in powerless rage. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 5: Running With the Devil 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z This elevation of staff and dehumanization of patients is the opposite of treating people with dignity and respect: the word of the “healers” is law and those in need of healing are powerless. Do 12-step programs lead to cults? 2012-08-28T19:46:00Z Girls of all ages engage in this harmless fantasy — some for the sheer fun of it, some to seize some sense of power in the face of situations over which they feel powerless. "PEN15" returns for another swim into the messiness of seventh grade 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “Many still believe that Melania is powerless, but don’t be fooled; she is an abuser too, of the worst kind,” she wrote in The Daily Beast op-ed. Melania Trump denounces violence but calls ‘passion’ of Trump supporters ‘inspiring’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z And it’s those brittle tensions between the privileged and the powerless that Edugyan explores so elegantly in “Washington Black.” Review | In ‘Washington Black,’ a 19th-century slave escapes on a balloon 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z It was a bit of a crazy idea, but a lot of young people were doing the same thing, because they felt horrified and powerless. 'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Sean sees very powerful characters around him, like his dad and his grandad, made powerless by unemployment. Anthony Cartwright: 'The title is intended to provoke a reaction' 2012-08-04T23:05:22Z It’s just that I’ve accepted the fact that they may be as powerless as I am to change. Honey, we’re praying for you 2013-03-31T01:00:00Z Put baldly, it is a multiple act of empowerment for traditionally powerless groups. Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z Its root causes are either petty, which means I am an idiot, or they are monumentally serious, in which case I am still an idiot, but also powerless. How should you deal with stress in 2020? First, ditch the meditation 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Previously powerless, small but watchful soldiers like Manning and other whistle-blowers discovered in the past half decade a new and efficient vehicle to spread the news: WikiLeaks. T Magazine: The Gift of Information 2010-12-04T15:00:00Z Her racket is guardianship: identifying powerless retirees, having them falsely declared mentally incompetent and herself appointed their legal conservator. ‘I Care a Lot’ Review: The Art of the Steal 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z “Because when women show fear, I feel like that makes us powerless.” You Can’t Hurt Lindsay Lohan Now 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Now, however, we’re powerless in the face of people we have never even seen, turned down at a distance. Get Out of My Light, Honey. I’m Auditioning Here. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z One of the most interesting things about this second season is that the women are in charge and the men, formerly driving the creation of the PC, are now rendered powerless and almost obsolete. Halt and Catch Fire: retro computer drama’s creators discuss show's reboot 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Like any good combat movie, prison drama or high school comedy, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is about solidarity and treachery among the powerless. Review: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Resists the Straight and Narrow 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z She cast a spell on me from the moment that she put on her White Queen costume that left me powerless and speechless, such was her power and beauty. Authors dress up as their favourite characters 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z You feel powerless, but the power you hold is in your job: to tell the story. 'I was gutted that I'd been such a coward': photographers who didn't step in to help 2012-07-28T00:48:00Z But the atmosphere worsened dramatically this year as contagion from popular protests that overthrew three North African leaders reached Gulf Arab states with substantial but largely powerless Shi'ite communities. Satellite TV news, serials widen Iranian-Arab gulf 2011-12-14T14:11:39Z “I hate feeling so powerless, but I understand well that what we are doing today is the absolute minimum,” he said during the concert. A Russian Rapper Brings His Banned Antiwar Message to Istanbul 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Even the sincere ones fail you, because they're pretty powerless too. The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:05Z In both the original version of “Giselle,” and this one, it’s the tension between the powerful and the powerless that drives the narrative. ‘Giselle’: Remaking (and Updating) a Classic and Finding a Hit 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Cage could sense that shift but felt powerless to stop it: How should a star react when the public’s changing perception starts to turn like a tidal wave? With ‘Dream Scenario,’ Nicolas Cage Reclaims the Memes 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Death causes her to become "attached" to the twin sister she never knew she had but she is powerless to help and can only watch. Penelope Bush's top 10 teen twin books 2013-03-28T16:29:47Z “Women are feeling a little powerless right now,” she notes. Donald and the Dominatrix: How the White House Inspired a BDSM Movement 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Poor Gendry is still out there rowing his boat somewhere, relatively powerless and yet threatening enough to be pursued because of his royal blood. Recap: Game of Thrones Watch: Inglorious Bastards 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z But its sharpest slices are reserved for its ongoing dialogue with corrosive masculinity and the demon needling Joe, which is the urge to assert control in a place where he's powerless. The latest "You" makes a killing in the 'burbs, fulfilling the dark fantasies we'd rather ignore 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z He was both a witness and a communicant, repeatedly exploring, in the words of the title of one of his essays, “the power of the powerless.” Vaclav Havel: An Intertwining of Artist and Politician 2011-12-19T10:10:08Z How would I cope if I heard my daughters bawling but was powerless to hold and assure them, and could speak only through the bottom slat of the basement door or through the kids’ walkie-talkies? Perspective | I want to cuddle with my kids, but is it safe? 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z In this ominous, claustrophobic novel, Underdown imagines his pregnant, widowed sister, who sees the malignant forces at work but is powerless to resist. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Rich people can be powerless and unhappy within their milieu and therapists can serve them. Am I just a mother now? 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z The online threat is real but parents are far from powerless. How porn is damaging our children’s future sex lives 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z They tell the members of a community that this is not a community whose members are entirely powerless against them. Twitter’s terrible blocking change was a gift to trolls 2013-12-13T16:33:00Z But he’s redeemed at the end, making common cause again with the poor and powerless as they rise up to agitate for the simple right to housing. Critic?s Notebook: MoMA Presents a Raj Kapoor Film Festival 2012-01-05T22:50:33Z My bronchitis was on the verge of turning into pneumonia, but I was powerless to stop playing. How I Became Addicted to Online Word Games 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z "Women are sick and tired of feeling powerless and bullied," said a woman from Iowa when I asked people on social media for theories about the Trump gender gap. Perspective | Donald Trump keeps begging women to like him. They keep saying no. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Nina is still apparently powerless against his charms. 'Benched' is indefensibly cynical and not real funny 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The generosity of the powerless appeals to some rebellious part of me. Nobody Messes With the Jesus (Except for John Turturro) 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z But he talked about his daughter, and Kaitlyn got all mushy inside and was powerless to resist. 'The Bachelorette' Recap: Amy Schumer and Laila Ali Help Kaitlyn Find Love 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z In 2011, Rooney was in the news again when he testified before Congress about abuse of the elderly, alleging that he was left powerless by a family member who took and misused his money. Legendary film and TV star Mickey Rooney dead at 93 2014-04-07T05:38:50Z By “political morality,” the author seems to mean, exclusively, a concern for the “voiceless and powerless,” as Kennedy often put it. The Best of the Kennedys? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z We see them waiting for a man to save them, we see them running, bloodied and terrified, we see them tied and cut up, and we see them completely powerless at the hands of murderers. Women in horror: the revenge 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z “People are overwhelmed and feel totally powerless,” she said, “but they feel empowered when they make something. If you do something with your hands, it means you’re taking action.” Pottery Is the New Pilates, and Macramé Takes Away the Crazy 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z I’m afraid the streams of sex and economics have now been irreversibly crossed, and we’re powerless to do anything but let it all play out across the stormiest of skies. Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels: brief encounters of the ‘textbook generic’ kind 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z In music as in Hollywood, massive amounts of money and influence are at play, and a sweeping disbelief of sexual misconduct accusations when made by women who are relatively powerless usually follows. Why #MeToo has had little effect on the music industry 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z We wish to rescue the world from its sins, and because we are powerless, we often fail, and in doing so enact a kind of martyrdom. I’m in love with a psychotic 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z Pimen may feel powerless to alter things at court or even within the church. Music Review: Ruthless Czar, Haunted by Doubts 2010-10-12T19:51:00Z As a voice for the powerless, Jones became a driving force for integration in the Indiana capital by 1960. The myths of Jonestown: “Jim Jones was who Charlie Manson wanted to be,” says author of new book on 1978 tragedy 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Many of the canonical operas are spectacles of female degradation, in which powerless, marginalized women grow ever more powerless and marginalized. Tellings of Armida?s Story, Including Gluck?s at Juilliard 2012-02-03T15:51:38Z It also recalled the darkness of the Cold War, when individuals felt powerless against vast geopolitical forces, and science brought us to the edge of thermonuclear doom. A Return to the Nostalgia of “The X-Files” 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Producer Barbara Whitman was like many in the wake of the shooting — feeling powerless. Broadway's 'Fun Home' cast to perform show in Orlando 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Watching the most successful, famous, influential performer of our generation cornered into a powerless legal agreement capped off a long year of communal vulnerability. Britney Spears' plight and the outrage of millennial women who've had enough 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z George Saunders … 'His fictions often present powerless characters trapped in a sort of chirpy, totalitarian Disneyland'. Tenth of December by George Saunders – review 2013-01-03T16:10:01Z And with projects now filled with the politically powerless, and with revenue from rent payments falling, government slashed maintenance budgets and turned high rises into slums. A New Look at the New Deal’s Legacy of Public Housing 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z In a hospital, parents Noel Clarke and Nazneen Contractor are powerless to help their young daughter, who seems to be rapidly ageing. Star Trek into Darkness boldly goes towards new 3D territory 2012-12-14T15:19:28Z “Controlling your food is a way of feeling powerful in a world we often feel powerless in,” Ms. Ganzler said. California’s Drought Changes Habits in the Kitchen 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The prisoner replies that while he is powerless now, “one day the world will explode and things will be different.” Television Review: ‘Special Flight’ Centers on a an Immigrant Detention Center 2013-06-30T21:55:41Z Tintoretto left me powerless, too, when I first visited San Rocco in my youth, and did so again for different reasons this October, just before record flooding turned St. Mark’s Square into a swimming pool. 3 Days, 150 Paintings: A Whirlwind Tintoretto Tour 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z I suspect it’s the same one that Thomas Hardy insisted we grasp, nearly a century earlier—that is, just how small and powerless we are against the forces aligned against us. Learning to Love the Stories of Andre Dubus 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z That was when the claimant would see just how powerless we were to enforce the wage law of the commonwealth of Virginia.” The wage theft epidemic 2013-02-20T16:00:00Z People either believed they were “powerless to do things” about the looming disaster, she told an interviewer, or were angry at her for being such a Cassandra-like scold. Jane Holtz Kay, Predictor of Climate Change, Dies at 74 2012-11-21T04:59:06Z Why, in a context like this, would people with tens of millions of rupees to lose align themselves with some powerless struggling girl? Bollywood sexual harassment: actors speak out on Indian cinema's open secret 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z “I felt powerless – that I was up against Goliath. .. I was David.” Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s libel claim against NY Times 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Eventually, however, Greer – a professor of literature – accepted that she was powerless to prevent herself from being written about. Anthony Bourdain and the farce of the "unauthorized" biography 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z As a queen, she shows great compassion for the powerless and a willingness to destroy anyone who stands in her way. 'Game of Thrones' writers on season finale and why 'All Men Must Die' 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z It could have been set in a society with a different power structure, or different ideas about women and the powerless, or just less burning alive. Pain Threshold: Game of Thrones, Hannibal and the “Not for Me” Moment 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Doing so, perforce, would also crush the rebels’ claim that the national government was powerless to halt slavery’s growth and commence its extinction. John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: A Study in Contrasts 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Still, watching him desperately trying to explain his behavior, he seemed so powerless and scared. My boyfriend, the sex addict 2013-06-10T00:00:00Z And there is something missing, as far as I could see – any empathy whatsoever with the powerless. Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust: the Jimmy Savile Scandal by Frank Furedi – review 2013-03-13T12:00:02Z How could the man who showed us how the powerless are crushed by the lessons of the powerful now argue, both in plays and on television, that the problem flows in the other direction? Review: In ‘American Buffalo,’ Grift Is the Coin of the Realm 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The first of the 12 steps asks us to recognize that we are powerless over our addictions. Review | Rose Andersen’s ‘The Heart and Other Monsters’ preserves the legacy of a lost sister 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Kelly’s conducive context is created by the shame of the act and the ease with which the powerless are overlooked, but takes millions upon millions of blind eyes to perpetuate. Why did no one speak out about Harvey Weinstein? 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z But I am powerless to resist the clarion call of Big Dairy. Trader Joe’s pizza bread cheese is as delicious as I feared 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z I knew this wasn’t normal, but felt powerless. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Out of the abusive marriage and now into … what, exactly? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Women held a precarious, mostly powerless position within the deeply religious Puritan community. Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting the powerless 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z However, she's powerless in the face of her loved ones brushing her off again and again. "Elizabeth is Missing" is a poignant portrait of dementia cloaked as a Masterpiece murder mystery 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Yet, as The Wire makes clear, only the powerless residents of West Baltimore will be held accountable. “The Wire” is right about everything: David Simon nailed the police, media, politicians 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z In “Real Magic,” the actors themselves are stuck in a cosmic loop-de-loop, seemingly powerless to stop repeating their actions until they collapse from exhaustion — or we do. Review: Voices in Your Head, and a Sense of Being Trapped 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z He is almost powerless either to help his almost-son Jack, or even to understand him. Marilynne Robinson's Gilead 2010-04-12T13:00:00Z "Under the Cloak of War" qualifies by letting us bear witness to the ways that some people are more powerless against the traumatic rage within than whatever threatens to damage their Starship's hull. "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" shows how war muddles the moral compass of two of its crew 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Not only did I feel powerless and directionless, but I also kept having to read about my powerlessness and directionlessness in Time magazine, which was annoying. Riff: Thelma, Louise and All the Pretty Women 2011-04-24T01:43:01Z Manipulating the young women around her like a psychological puppetmaster, Mrs Klein particularly relishes tormenting her daughter Melitta, a successful analyst who nevertheless becomes petulant, prim and powerless beside her mother's selfish potency. Wild mothers and mild daughters in theatre | Molly Flatt 2010-03-30T14:43:00Z Students can sometimes feel powerless when they confront these realities, so Timmerman says it’s important to let them know they can make a difference. A Different Way of Talking to Kids about What They're Wearing 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The parents of 15-year-old Carson Stewart, from Darien, Conn., opened their suddenly powerless home to two struggling families after Sandy hit. Drama camp veteran in parade knows Sandy's pain 2012-11-23T04:16:05Z Your book discusses the Alcoholics Anonymous approach to overcoming addiction as it relates to the disease model, and also as a rather powerless approach. Pseudo-science and Bible-thumping, the worst of both worlds: The problem with rehab, AA and calling addiction a disease 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Research also shows that abusers are drawn to people who already feel powerless in other aspects of their life. Why Women Stay: The Paradox of Abusive Relationships 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Because their language tends to be powerless, they can’t tell jokes, at least not effectively, and so are robbed of an important social function. Louis C.K. or Tina Fey? Gender, science and the age-old question: Are men or women funnier? 2014-03-15T13:30:00Z Like all great music, it seems to be about everything and nothing: both powerful and powerless. Music Review: Notes, Melodies and, Here, Politics 2011-02-19T00:40:21Z That sounds toothless — and far too typical of the “we’ll look into it” school of dealing with offenses by the powerful against the powerless, as the #MeToo movement has taught us. Perspective | Joi Ito should be fired from MIT’s Media Lab after taking funding from felon Jeffrey Epstein 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The other woman’s touch leaves her powerless, and she can’t quite control her voice when she talks about her. Claire Messud’s ‘The Woman Upstairs’: reawakening, infatuation, betrayal 2013-05-08T21:18:30Z She sings it like a one-woman Greek chorus powerless to save the subject of the song from himself. The persistence of Rumer 2011-03-17T21:29:00Z One example is the omnipresent Western notion of the Middle Eastern woman as veiled, exotic, erotic, anonymous, suppressed and powerless, yet threatening. Art Review: Mideast Photography at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-12-26T22:22:28Z Of course, it's good that these stories are emerging, but the seeming omnipotence of these rich dodgy dealers can sometimes make one feel utterly powerless. Celebrity divas: the foolish, fabulous, not-so-fearsome rich 2012-11-15T16:25:36Z But Lavin suggests that drawing delicate distinctions, an activity beloved by liberal moderates, is ultimately powerless against the steamrolling forces of an insurgent far right. An Undercover Trip Into the Rageful Worlds of Incels and White Supremacists 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Largely it’s insatiable women, raggedy slum dwellers and dead children — those who are ordinarily powerless — who wield unholy power in this collection, and they seem uninterested in being reasonable. In Three New Collections, Characters on the Edge 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The mentality and behaviour of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help they have no hope. Russell Brand: My life without drugs 2013-03-09T08:01:00Z Despite the harsh chemotherapy regimen, the spots on my lungs were growing inside of me too, and the doctors seemed powerless to stop them. A Path to Fatherhood, With (Shared) Morning Sickness 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z |
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