Word: detrimental
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...difficult to determine on an institutional basis who is mature," he admitted, but questioned the advisability of protecting the immature to the detriment of those able to act in a responsible...
...must not abuse the privilege to the detriment of her studies, her honor, and the reputation of her college...
...proceeded to tell Sarah McClendon just that. "I would say that the term you've used to describe them is a very strong term, which I would think that you should be prepared to substantiate." He hoped, added Kennedy, that the two men could perform their jobs "without detriment to their characters by your question...
...charge that great banking power is being concentrated in a few hands to the detriment of business and the public, the Justice Department has been particularly eager to prevent several proposed bank mergers. In Chicago and New York City, Bobby Kennedy's trustbusters have puffed into courts in last-minute and futile attempts to block such mergers. Despite their defeats, trustbusters had high hopes of winning a meticulously prepared suit against a Philadelphia bank merger. That merger would create the city's biggest bank, linking the Philadelphia National (now second largest with assets of $1.2 billion...
Others argued that the change in name would do little if anything to deter those who might use it to the detriment of the organization, and said proper election of council officers and reservation of the right of impeachment are more important than a name change. One student called the name "Innocuous" and said if the student council really means it is as "Innocuous" a body as the new name implies, then there is no reason for its continued existence...