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...exhibits at the museum acknowledged the fact of slavery but implied that the institution was benign. One placard noted, "Masters provided housing, food, clothing and medical care for their slaves. Harsh treatment was rare, though cruelty did occur...
...probe. Within minutes the suspicious calcifications were vacuumed out and snipped off with a rotating blade, ready for analysis. After about an hour, I was on my way home with an ice pack on a tiny wound. No stitches. No scar. And a few days later, the good news: benign...
...wait a minute! A wire through the breast? A scar? A grape? We're talking about my breasts, which I happen to be quite fond of. And given their modest proportions, I hardly had any to spare. Fear and vanity battled for control. Even though 80% of biopsies are benign, I was terrified the doctors would find cancer. I panicked. I wanted another opinion. Lots of other opinions...
...continued occupation of Arab land, were ultimately the best safeguard for Israel's security. In contrast to the ultra-vigilant Netanyahu, they shared a confidence in the country's strength. Barak once said Netanyahu saw Israel as a "carp among barracudas" while he saw it as a "benign killer whale...
...most parents, Pokemon seems a relatively benign, if exasperating fad. But could it be a gateway to more dangerous obsessions? David Walsh, a child psychologist and founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family, thinks it's possible. The technology behind most video games, he explains, is based on a psychological principle called "operant conditioning"--essentially, stimulus-response-reward. "Research has shown that operant conditioning is a powerful shaper and influencer of behavior," says Walsh. "The obsession is not about violence; it's about how engrossing the game becomes...