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  • With his helpess hands he could neither draw nor hold his sheath-knife nor throttle the animal.

    To Build a Fire 2010

  • Watching antekope die during droughts, seeing jackals gather round to chew the tongues off helpess calves while they're being born ... cheetah cubs killed by lions in the endless competition for finite resources.

    On Hunters, Researchers, and Wolf 527 2009

  • Watching antekope die during droughts, seeing jackals gather round to chew the tongues off helpess calves while they're being born ... cheetah cubs killed by lions in the endless competition for finite resources.

    On Hunters, Researchers, and Wolf 527 2009

  • Ironically the one time I have seen Brigstocke leave someone helpess with laughter was when Melanie Phillips was in the background shot when they were on Question Time and he started ranting about the world getting hotter.

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • What amazes me is that the dangly earing mob were among the first to castigate the police for perceived lack of action over domestic violence resulting in the current arrest at all times policy very often on no evidence at all yet when it comes to helpess babies they are quite happy to let them be tortured to death-and then wash their hands of the whole situation with no accountability.

    Public Officials Did Not Kill “Baby P” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • But the media will, I predict, be absolutely helpess in protecting Obama from truly damaging attacks from the right - as it has proved to be in the past.

    Obama Winning Spin War Over Who's Victim In Campaign 2009

  • But the media will, I predict, be absolutely helpess in protecting Obama from truly damaging attacks from the right - as it has proved to be in the past.

    Obama Winning Spin War Over Who's Victim In Campaign 2009

  • But the media will, I predict, be absolutely helpess in protecting Obama from truly damaging attacks from the right - as it has proved to be in the past.

    Obama Winning Spin War Over Who's Victim In Campaign 2009

  • TO KILL and Have fun. ..have fun killing helpess people who just stand around...that's what contested fields are for.

    The Price of Serenity? 2006

  • I feel helpess and removed, and also guilty as my mother and sister bear the emotional burdens of his day to day care.

    FATHERS & SONS TEV 2005

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