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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These "tenant leaders" sat on their hands for years while the Rent Control Board considered proposal after proposal to harm rooming-house tenants, the weakest of the weak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rent Control Not Helped by CTU | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...head tutor of the Afro-American Studies department at Harvard University, "people have in fact banned books for either racist or homophobic reasons or because they just don't like the ideas...But a book that explores the question of sexuality with intelligence - how is that going to do harm to a young man or woman...

Author: By Hallie Z. Levine, | Title: Winter Hits Bosnia | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...narrowing circumstances, but mostly he confronts them with a cheeky joke. Or a boyish prank: he and Roebuck keep stealing a snowblower back and forth. Or some comically self-destructive behavior -- he finally punches out that cop and lands briefly in jail -- that doesn't do him as much harm as it would if this were real life instead of a movie determined to be cheerful at any cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Cool Hand Luke At 70 | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...feet up at the end of the day, turn on the tube and just veg out. It may even turn out that the best-intentioned resolutions made in the '80s -- to lose weight, to eat "lite," to plunge headlong into heart-pounding aerobics -- ended up doing more harm than good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat Times What health craze? | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...adults from its peak of 4,345 in 1963 to 2,493 last year, according to the American Health Foundation. And when people quit smoking, they usually gain weight -- 4 to 6 lbs. on average. But health officials are quick to point out that while those extra pounds may harm your health, cigarettes are even more damaging. Most doctors advise patients that a bit of additional weight is a small price to pay for kicking the smoking habit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat Times What health craze? | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

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