Word: benign
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...plumb the depths of human neuroses and take a funny man to the dark side--in this case, Jim Carrey as the reclusive billionaire. "It's about the extremes to which one man can live--the glamour, the wealth, then the claustrophobic unhappiness," says Nolan with the most benign smile possible...
...major assumption was that the providers would play nice. "It never occurred to us in our innocence that something so vital to society would be treated like a casino," says Davis' top energy adviser, David Freeman. "We thought somehow the hand of Adam Smith would be benign...
...amount of carbon monoxide intake and ten tobacco cigarettes with respect to the amount of damage to the airways. It is no wonder that half of teens and adolescents in substance abuse treatment are there for marijuana only. The current scientific consensus is that marijuana is not a benign drug. Solid social and scientific research provides the basis for maintaining our current laws—even if they are as soft as parking tickets—so as to not make marijuana commercially available...
...haven't changed our paradigm to account for the real threats we now face," says a Blair adviser. "The fact is, we've been too lackadaisical about wmds for too long." Finally, the Prime Minister will point to the benefits to the Middle East if Iraq were under more benign leadership, including an end to sanctions that hurt Iraqi civilians and less incentive for Iran to counter Iraq with wmds of its own. One Labour official predicts that once Blair is through with this sales pitch, public support for action to curb Iraq's wmds will climb toward...
...chances of being cured and therefore prolong his life. But not all prostate cancers are equally deadly. Indeed, most men, if they live long enough, will eventually develop prostate cancer. But most don't die from it. "Perhaps 10% to 15% of prostate cancers are very benign," says Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan, president of the American Urological Association. "Another 10% to 15% are very aggressive." It's hardest to predict what will happen to the middle...