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...expression originated in the world of basketball to describe incidents of hacking, holding, pushing and the like which, though in violation of the rules, do not necessarily affect the score of the game. The phrase has rapidly spread from the sporting world to all areas of life. If you bump into someone in the street and apologize, the response is "no harm, no foul." If you're trying to explain a mistake you've made or a responsibility you've forgotten, it's handy one-liner...
Sneeze or wheeze, bump or lump, the Cambridge Hospital is the medical center to which community residents from all walks of life turn for quality care and first-rate service...
...about a year ago, when she was still falling through the air at about 70 m.p.h., that she started planning for her comeback. She had been streaking along on a training run at Vail, Colo., when she encountered a smooth spot where a speed bump had always been. "So I didn't have to make some real crappy turn like we usually do up there. I carved a fatty," she says with some admiration for the slingshot turn that blew her off the fast track to Olympic gold. "That's when I decided, when I saw where I was going...
Techno booms from the speakers, sweat pours from the clientele, and college students bump and grind...
Tuesday night belonged to the departed Karla Faye Tucker, whose crime and punishment were enough to bump both Monica and Iraq from all the choice spots. Larry King and Ted Koppel didn't mention anything else; nor did Charles Grodin, who argued that the adorable killer was doomed from childhood...