Word: benignity
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...most people, these scans may turn up more questions than answers. Because their resolution is so high, the machines pick up the tiniest abnormalities and don't always distinguish between the benign and the life threatening. Faced with ambiguous results, patients often undergo a series of follow-up, sometimes invasive tests--that turn up nothing more than harmless scar tissue...
...Building a democratic state in the Congo would be a start-from-scratch idea, requiring extensive triage and years of benign nurturing by its neighbors near and far. Some of those neighbors, though, may be more inclined to maintain the hollow shell of Congo's sovereignty, while in effect carving it up into regional fiefdoms. A land whose plight once inspired Conrad has long learned the limits of optimism...
...different settings. During the time the Bushes have been in Austin, the coincidences of mutual friends, mutual interests and children nearly the same age have put us together socially from time to time. Her composure and her reserve in public have led some to speculate that behind the benign exterior lies a steely woman who, if things get out of hand, is going to be taking names. But that's not her at all. She is not vindictive, and she is not even the least bit manipulative. She is strong about the things she considers important. The best-known example...
...doubt, there were also certain people who proved unable to handle themselves while drinking. But the administration has chosen to remedy this in a ridiculous way. In the free society in which we all live, the administration decided to impose a ban on students, removing perhaps the most benign form of drinking--keg beer...
...hour from Harvard. "I came back to New York in 1967 to live permanently, and right away was involved in a community of writers. My way of being involved was to cleave them to me and control them all by starting a little magazine. It became a kind of benign power, and at the same time a friendly way to involve myself. That was my original motivation...