Word: harm
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regard as unfortunate that events should have taken place which, whatever the actual truth of the matter may be, lend color to the belief that Japanese influence is being exerted to shape Chinese internal political developments and administrative arrangements. Anything which tends to create this belief can only do harm to the prestige of Japan and hamper the development, which we all desire, of the friendliest mutual relations between Japan and her neighbors and friends...
Almost any name pulled out of a hat will have attached to it a man who can walk down at the head of a procession with a baton in his hand. So no particular and serious harm has been done in the past by the ridiculous procedure of Class Elections, where the electorate, though uniformly above the average in intelligence, finds itself completely ignorant and uninformed concerning the qualities for or against the candidates...
...Chinese are masters of the art of living. It's as much their religion as their belief in the dualistic animism of the universe. Man is made up of two souls: "Yang" a "good soul"; "Vin" the soul of darkness and evil. No harm comes to a good man; that's the way the universe is constituted. With this belief and the worship for the dead the Chinese manage to live a life tranquil and indifferent to the "ways of the world". Strength of character more than strength of mind; knowledge is important as it affects the character...
...liquor by college authorities is not the answer to this problem. If students cannot be kept from drinking, they should at least know HOW to drink. Educating the students to proper ways of drinking may become the eventual solution. If all other methods fail, it will not do any harm to try this. Syracuse Daily Orange...
...Thus our isolation policy has done ourselves infinite harm, for the lack of a system of collective security has made possible the series of calamities from political and economic consequences of which we are now suffering...