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For example, it is sometimes argued that the traditional copyright arrangement in scientific publishing protects against uses of articles that authors would object to—while the CCAL permits such uses and renders authors helpless to prevent them.
That evening, at the Bromells' apartment, after She had been carried up through the rational structureBy articulate stages, floor after flashing floor,And after we helped her get across the hall,And get across the room to a chair, somehowWe got her seated in a chair that was placedA little too far away from the nearest table,At the edge of the abyss, and there she sat,Exposed, her body the object of our attention--The heaviness of it, the helpless graceless leg,The thick stocking, the leg brace, the medical shoe.
As he barked instructions--keep your hands in the air, spread your legs -- I felt helpless.
Alas, the kind of bystander you are is helpless because people in these relationships have blinders on and defenses in place.
There has been a great deal of cant in the past 30 years to the effect that Dior's era forced helpless women into a posture of submission with its fussily constructed garments, cumbersome skirts, cinched waists, and rigid hairstyles, crippling their feet in high heels and imprisoning their hands in white gloves.