Word: benignity
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...Lewis's claim that Professor Eck's scholarship in comparative religion and Indian studies resonates with Lowell House is clearly fatuous but benign. His characterization of Lowell House, on the other hand, illustrates the malign instinct in the academy to worship at the cult of "diversity...
Even if the explanation for the loss is benign, law-enforcement officials are distraught because State's security procedures were so easily circumvented. A department spokesman says that until the investigation is complete, "lurid speculation as to the nature of any documents which may or may not have been compromised is premature." But U.S. diplomats must wonder whether a tweedy colleague is walking the halls and preparing to strike again...
PROSTATE PILL New word on the prostate drug Proscar: besides relieving symptoms of a benign enlarged prostate, it can prevent future complications (like serious urinary-flow problems) or the need for surgery...
...measure of failure could upset the markets. For example, today's benign inflation and low interest rates are partly the result of cheap oil prices. And Wall Street expects that a defeated Iraq would be allowed to flood the world with oil to raise money to rebuild, which is one reason the price of crude has slumped since October from $23 to $16 per bbl. But would Iraq be treated with such kindness if an allied mission were unsuccessful? Doubtful. Such an outcome could reverse psychology in the oil market and send prices higher, stoking inflation and squeezing stocks...
Shortridge and Webster immediately recognized the gravity of the chicken-flu outbreak in Hong Kong, at least for the region's chicken industry. They knew that while avian influenza did not ordinarily make its host sick, a benign virus could reassort to produce a pathogen of almost inconceivable lethality. Webster's Memphis lab had observed such a transformation in the wild on two occasions, the first in April 1983, when a relatively mild influenza struck chickens on the vast chicken farms of Pennsylvania. The birds got visibly sick, some died and egg production fell, but overall the outbreak remained only...