Word: detriment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...answer further states that even if Fox's claims were legitimate, he forfeited these claims by divulging "to third persons confidential information acquired by him during the course of his employment with [the Coop], all to the great harm and detriment of [the Coop...
Impressed by the subsequent development of his computer, Professor Aiken said at a testimonial dinner given for him at Harvard in 1961, "I hope to God this will be used for the benefit of mankind and not for its detriment...
Internally, the Bureau is torn by conflict between its staff of streetworkers (the people who deal directly with the kids) and an administration that is undermining their programs and proposals. Many see the Bureau as either a waste of time, or an outright detriment to kids. Staff turnover has been high, and tangible accomplishments by the Bureau are almost impossible to find...
...degenerated into a pork barrel. Many farmers were paid year after year for continuing conservation practices that they were originally encouraged to start as a demonstration for their neighbors. Some REAP drainage projects destroyed wetlands needed by wildlife and subsidized the growing of potatoes in Idaho to the detriment of potato farmers in Maine. Former Agriculture Under Secretary John Schnittker voices the most telling criticism of the program: "REAP subsidizes farmers to do what they would do anyway. Most conservation practices are themselves profitable...
...left an open contract with McGovern. If he at any time felt I'm an embarrassment I would abide by his judgment. But as I sit here today, I'm firmly convinced that I'm not a detriment to the ticket. I'm an asset to the ticket. The Eagleton poll-that's my stomach-says that Eagleton is now a household word and that the people are for him. I'm on the upswing with the people. You can't have those women splashing in the water in Hawaii to give...