Kirk was simply brilliant in the early stages, but he found himself helpless on the first three goals.
Nowadays, system designers are somewhat helpless during the first stages of the design process (definition of the organic architecture during the top down stage of the "V" cycle).
Against the Yankees, however, Floyd seemed helpless, giving up four runs in the first inning, three on Cano's three-run homer.
Sprewell, who appeared helpless as Carter scored 9 points in the first nine minutes, jump-started the Knicks with a 3-pointer that started an 11-0 run, putting the Knicks ahead, 21-20, with one minute gone in the second quarter.
With the destruction of the city's fire-fighting equipment in the first blast, Texas City was helpless to corral the damage of the second blast.
Every pitch seemed to drop by a foot, Rodriguez said, and the A's, who had 27 hits in the first two games of the series, looked helpless.
Saunders was the most spectacular, stopping the Ghanaian Samuel Kotey Neequaye in the first round with crippling left hooks that left him in helpless, hapless heap.
"The extent of the physical injuries that this innocent and helpless child suffered in just the first few weeks of her life is beyond comprehension," Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney, said in a statement.
I feel helpless in the face of porn.
But we are not as helpless in the face of the attack on privacy.
