Word: benignant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...olestra isn't totally benign. It can trigger intestinal cramping, flatulence and loose bowels. It keeps the body from absorbing some carotenoids, nutrients that may lower the risk of cancer and heart disease. In its original formulation, it also reduced the absorption of vitamins A, D, E and K and caused a condition delicately referred to as "anal leakage." And while most other artificial food additives are eaten by the milligram, olestra would be gulped grams at a time, making it what nutritionists call a "macroingredient"--it would, for example, account for about one-third, by weight, of every potato...
...read the article carefully and is aware of the past history of public service would realize that it fits in perfectly with a broad pattern of misrepresentations and obfuscations which border on lies. I would like to point these out for readers who might otherwise accept a seemingly benign statement by the administration...
...University has a point: benign neglect from the Harvard administration is not in the best interest of PBHA. With substantial support from the Harvard community and leaders in Cambridge and Boston, PBH can probably survive radically divorced from the University. However, this is not the most effective way for it to continue its public service...
...infectious agents known for their alarming ability to integrate their own genes into the dna of the cells they infect. Thus once it takes effect, a retrovirus infection--unlike those of viruses that cause measles, smallpox and any number of other diseases--is permanent. While some retroviruses are benign, others can strike without warning. Some remain hidden for years, only to trigger disease later in life when the immune system starts to flag...
...primates, in fact, developed the very disease the weakened virus was supposed to prevent. For this and a host of other reasons, most AIDS researchers argue that the only prudent strategy is to concoct a hybrid vaccine, putting the key features of a disabled AIDS virus into something more benign than a retrovirus. Among the leading candidates: the vaccinia virus that successfully wiped out smallpox...