Searching for the word powerless in House of Representatives within the 1970s…
The word powerless
- appears in 0.1% of speeches
- appears 95 times in 87 speeches
- was spoken on 81 sitting days by 58 different people
- appears in speeches on 79 different topics
Top speakers:
- PRESIDENT, The (5 uses)
- WENTWORTH, William Charles (5 uses)
- KEATING, Paul (5 uses)
- GARRICK, Horace (4 uses)
- SNEDDEN, Billy (4 uses)
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Top days:
- 14 March 1974 (3 uses)
- 26 September 1978 (2 uses)
- 1 March 1973 (2 uses)
- 22 May 1975 (2 uses)
- 14 March 1978 (2 uses)
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Top topics:
- QUESTION: GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (7 uses)
- MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN: (3 uses)
- PRICES JUSTIFICATION AMENDMENT BILL 1979: Second Reading (2 uses)
- GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH (2 uses)
- QUESTION: JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRICES (2 uses)
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Associated words:
- virtually powerless (6 appearances)
- feel powerless (4 appearances)
- economically powerless (3 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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Thus, whether it be in a matter as trivial as the refusal to issue certificates of decrees of divorce, as required by Federal legislation, or as important as the prompt and efficient dispatch of litigation under the Trade Practices Act, the Federal government is powerless to intervene in the administration of State courts.
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We find that the authority is powerless; that it is nothing.
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The Speaker was clearly uncomfortable but powerless.
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We have to commit ourselves to all powerless minorities that need our help.
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It is in such industries that the col lective bargaining power of the employee is important; otherwise he is powerless as an individual.