The old emir watches from abroad, rich but powerless, after a nominal reconciliation with his son.
Western countries seem set to observe these unfolding dramas largely in the role of concerned but powerless spectators.
Half a year later, Silverman struck back in an Esquire article, calling McPherson a "D-girl, " industry slang for an attractive, but powerless, junior female executive.
Kakas said onlookers were shocked by the brutality but were powerless to stop the mob.
However, Mrs A repeatedly turned down support which left professionals "concerned" but "powerless to help".
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Pace bowlers Cliff Deacon and Ryan McLaren took two wickets each but were powerless against fifth wicket pair Chanderpaul and Ridley Jacobs.
Doni saved the initial effort but was powerless to stop him side-footing the rebound in from close range as Roma's defenders appealed desperately for a combination of handball and offside.
Nyron Nosworthy fouled Gareth Taylor and when Kris Commons whipped in the free-kick, Gills keeper Brown parried Morgan's initial header but was powerless to prevent him knocking in the rebound.
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Its levels of spending are unsustainable, but legislators seem powerless to do anything about it.
But Friedel was powerless as Kanu danced around him for the opening goal.
But he was powerless when Liverpool took advantage of a catalogue of defensive errors to take the lead two minutes before half-time.
My friend Heidi mentioned she'd had a dream in which her baby boy was deteriorating before her eyes but she was powerless to do anything.
At present, council officials can hand out fixed penalty notices but they are powerless if an individual refuses to hand over their name and address.
The religious leaders may have fumed at this display of public immorality, but they too were powerless, and unwilling to be seen as aloof from all the rejoicing.
But we are not powerless in this fight.
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Labour is now clearly identified as the establishment, but turned out to be powerless when Corus, a British-Dutch steel firm, announced in February it was getting rid of 3, 000 Welsh steel-making jobs.
But the police and RSPCA are powerless to act because they can't prove that the animals are suffering enough to warrant a criminal charge.
But when my fingers hit my powerless keys, there was nothing.
Given the current political climate and implicit anti-bailout mandate of the new Congress, the Federal government might be powerless to do anything but accept painful state defaults.
But Reading keeper Alex McCarthy was powerless after the break as the ball hit the post from Eddie Johnson's header and struck him on the back before rolling over the line.
But using anonymity to shield the powerless from oppression and ostracism is vastly different from letting faceless attackers run amok without fear of the reprisals and penalties that would punish them in the real world.
But that does not mean we are powerless in the face of adversity.
But Netanyahu and his ministers are not powerless in the grip of circumstances.
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But Facebook's claim to be powerless to stop the unnamed girl using the site will be probed further in other legal action, he said.
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But Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is now powerless against the strain that has been found in people in the community rather than sick patients with serious underlying conditions and weak immune systems.
But the government has admitted it is "powerless" to make Liverpool pay back millions of pounds.
But Mr Nadir said the judge told him he was powerless to assist.
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But in all the action, the realization of our powerless has been ever-evident.
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But you go on to suggest that central bankers are powerless to stop the development of asset-price bubbles short of a blunt interest-rate increase.
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