In 1756, the North Carolina General Assembly petitioned King George II for assistance, stating that the frontier remained in a relatively defenseless state.
This meant that Gothic art was left in an intellectually defenseless state.
Are you literally rapping about drugging an unsuspecting woman and taking advantage of her in her altered, defenseless state?
Similarly, it is in the hands of those of you whom I trust most to deter others (Eric) from attempting to capitalize on my defenseless state for humorous gain, drawing a tiny Pilgrim hat on my bald head being one example of this.
The Chautauquan: A Weekly Newsmagazine characterized the Chinese as weak and defenseless, stating in its coverage of the massacre: "To murder an industrious Chinaman is the same kind of fiendish work as the murder of women and children – it is equally a violation of the rights of the defenceless".
"Thirty Seconds Over Little Egg Harbor" A newly re-elected Republican president played by Will Ferrell decides that for the first military campaign of his new term he will order the strafing of a defenseless elementary school in a state that voted Democratic.
"When you see people act in violence against a defenseless creature, you know something has been unleashed," Spencer says.
This form of mimicry, in which a defenseless organism bears a close resemblance to a noxious and conspicuous one, is called Batesian, in honour of its discoverer.
The book was a sharp-elbowed intervention in the decades-old debate between "totalitarian" historians, who saw in the Soviet Union an omnipotent state imposing its will on a defenseless populace, and "revisionist" historians, who saw a more dynamic and fluid society, with some portion of the population actually supporting the regime.
Quickest to disappear will be the pork, kneaded with coffee and slow-roasted into a defenseless heap, in the Mexican cochinita pibil style ($24).
For instance, the Tennessee Titans' Albert Haynesworth raking his cleats across the face of a defenseless player in 2006 (it took 30 stitches to close the wounds).
