Word: harm
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Senator Harry Flood Byrd the biggest apple-grower east of the Mississippi. As such he uprose last week to lead an attack on the proposal which would permit minimum price-fixing on certain foodstuffs. "As a producer of food," cried Pomologist Byrd. "I am firmly convinced that much more harm than good will result from the attempt to fix prices, those prices to be paid by the consumer. And especially is it entirely unworkable to attempt to fix prices for perishable foods, fruits and vegetables: because the value of these is determined by their condition, which varies from...
Even more embittered than Scot Jock McGovern, Welshman George Daggar snarled: "The passing of the former Prime Minister will do no harm. Some of us would like to read the news in the paper that he had done the best thing, that is, go out and hang himself...
...Queen's character, bad. When she tries to dump Tanya into a cauldron, Leo Vincey rescues her, runs away. He and his associates find themselves trapped in the cave of the mystic flame. The Queen jumps into the flame to show Leo that it will do him no harm. Instead of rejuvenating her, it turns her into an old lady. Muttering, in effect, "What am I up against?" she wilts to the ground. The Vincey expedition starts for home...
...this area is below the average, and there are absolutely no indications of a spread, it would appear only right that you follow up your last story with a statement showing the true state of affairs, and thus relieve us of an appearance of epidemic which cannot but harm us as we enter what should be our best tourist season in many years...
...will do this most readily if questioned apart from his parents, especially apart from his mother. Says Dr. Kanner: "The mother is often apt to quote diagnostic terms obtained through reading or from previous medical, osteopathic, or chiropractic consultations cr from some supposedly enlightened relative or neighbor. How much harm may be done in this manner was perhaps best demonstrated by the 13-year-old, slightly retarded girl who was wheeled into the office in an attitude of extreme weakness and helplessness and with the most pitiful facial expression that can be imagined. When questioned as to her complaint...