Word: benignity
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...ahead of their customers. They have got to make money. They have a fiduciary responsibility, and the market would punish them if they didn't meet it. But companies should constantly be asking themselves, "How do we design processes and make products that are more environmentally benign? Are the things that everybody is talking about worthy of investment...
...crucial as that second goal was for Princeton, Clay’s performance in goal may have been more vital to the Tigers’ cause. Clay reduced the dynamic Harvard offense to a benign barrage of individuals, each vying singlehandedly to save the game...
...immediate dropping of the 15 percent tax bracket to 10 percent) offer something for every hard-working middle-class family of swing voters. And the elimination of the "double" tax on dividends, while hardly the panacea the White House likes to crack it up to be, is economically benign and aesthetically satisfying, at the very least...
...initial five weeks of general training covering everything from Iraqi history and culture to safety and the legal underpinnings of weapons inspections. Then they concentrate in a single field, like vaccine production. They are trained in how to spot anomalies in facilities that can have both a benign civilian use and a more sinister military one. Team members are also taught how to use the latest weapons-detection gadgets. Mock inspections require them to encounter fake Iraqi officials hiding fake long-range missiles, say, or fake mustard...
...campaign aimed at intimidating pregnant college women into not seeking abortions. To take the edge off, HRL has sugar-coated their message by couching it in childish language with a quote from Dr. Seuss and identifying the fetus as a little girl. Even the name choice is not benign: “Natalie” is derived from the Latin word for “birthday” or “born on Christmas,” with implications of the birth of Christ...