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.
Nobody expects an effective challenge from the host of brave but impotent opposition parties.
C. began attracting promising lawyers like Michaelson, but it was still a largely impotent institution.
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.
One of the most distressing aspects of the WikiLeaks operation is the impotent US response to it.
They held 52 Americans hostage, and we were pathetically impotent in our efforts to do anything about it.
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.
The Times Square bomb fizzle has shown the brand to be downright impotent.
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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You can read all of this and quickly slip into an impotent rage.
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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.
While Gaddafi was certainly no Mubarak, at worst he was an impotent adversary.
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The Ecuadorian Congress (or assembly) remained impotent in the face of presidential aggressiveness.
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The recovery is now two years old, yet job markets sputter, home prices continue plunging and our leaders appear 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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