Though elected by voters in their respective countries, Euro legislators are largely impotent, and Brussels knows it.
Regan called on scientists to develop something that would make ballistic missile impotent and obsolete.
In an economy of declining velocity, the quantity of money and interest rates are both impotent.
Sixty percent of men were rendered impotent by the operation, according to one study.
Largely as a result, she made a complete mess of German unification, appearing simultaneously sullen and impotent.
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American officials deem Mr Zardari corrupt and impotent, and accuse military intelligence of colluding with the Taliban.
Though elected by voters in their respective countries, EU legislators are largely impotent, and Brussels knows it.
Hugh separated from Wynne's mother about the time he was born, and was impotent, anti-Semitic and alcoholic.
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For example it's difficult (though not impossible) to argue that the policy is both impotent and inflationary.
Look at how impotent the Fed has been in resolving the financial troubles of the past 14 months.
Selection on an arboreal ape population will be impotent if variations which improve their terrestrial prospects are sparse.
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There is no forward guidance that can reduce nominal interest rates, but does that mean forward guidance is impotent.
He was impotent at The Belfry after Curtis Strange sent him out last.
Because the Bank had essentially been rendered impotent by losing its supervisory power.
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Indeed, monetary policy seems largely impotent about turning a deep recession in 2008 into a powerful recovery in 2012.
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Hershel, as the Wise Old Adviser, remains largely impotent, his advice consistently falling on deaf ears and thick skulls.
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It also renders conventional monetary policy impotent, as the interest rate that prevents too much saving is below zero.
Its insistence on a very narrow definition of what it does has made it impotent to use that money.
It makes you impotent at the negotiating table and it emboldens your opposition.
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The opposite theory is that Mr Brown will be beholden and thus impotent.
Helpless, Grynszpan followed the plight of these stateless Jews in the French newspapers and worked himself into an impotent rage.
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After the 10-wicket capitulation in the second Test at Headingley, England's problems were compounded by another impotent first-innings batting display.
The once formidable MoveOn, allowing its imagination to be strangled by an expired meme, makes itself, however temporarily, impotent and irrelevant.
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And this is why this association argument is so weak and impotent.
England had been criticised for their impotent performances, but responded with a much-improved all-round display to keep the series alive at 2-1.
Can the biggest private foundation in the world, now channelling Mr Buffett's fortune as well as Mr Gates's, really be so impotent?
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In the process your brand is rendered impotent in terms of sustainability.
But consumer lobbies not backed by law and force are ultimately impotent.
He also said in the interview he was 95% impotent and it was one of the reasons he had split up with his girlfriend.
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The men were asked in a questionnaire whether they suffered from ED and at what degree they were impotent (mild, mild-to-moderate, moderate or severe).
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