Word: benign
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...wants) and which dabbles heavily in pagan-bucolic imagery: “The fox chases the rabbit round / the rabbit hides beneath the ground” Cave liltingly observes in “Breathless.” Yet the overall effect is convincing, if at times a little benign; Cave manages to blend convention and allusion seamlessly enough to make this a very spiffy and intriguing album...
...argued that the ban was in fact especially counterproductive in that—for economic reasons—it would prompt many tailgaters to purchase hard liquor instead. The resulting effect would be increased consumption of hard liquor among students—not, as Lewis had argued, a benign switch from keg beer to canned beer. The unfortunate outcome in 2002 proved that Lewis’ logic was flawed...
...exposed mid-section to an undisclosed location. But we’ve all seen Child’s Play. Bay deftly blankets the sequence with attractive, flirtatious cinematography, but the sinister gaze of the animal cracker rules the mise-en-scene. The suggestion that the seemingly benign cracker could come alive and sell the two actors into slavery to Jerry Bruckheimer makes this brief romantic interlude truly terrifying...
...they aren’t (except if you’re a Yalie). By blowing this small issue out of proportion, BGLTSA seems to signal that it will be just as aggressive in the future. This unnecessarily vehement peer pressure will promote unneeded self-censorship—relatively benign in this case, perhaps, but potentially a huge problem in an academic community based on free and open discourse, not on allowing groups of students to enforce their perception of what is politically correct on everyone else just by yelling the loudest...
...hour-and-a-half comedy act ranged from benign jokes about his relationships with his daughter and father to more racy humor about child pornography, homosexuals and American Indians...