Word: harm
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...Prime Minister of Thailand, I cannot mention that [I want her released.] Because the [Thai] Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said one, two, three four, which I must do. But I believe the military is ready to release her. It's so easy, it doesn't harm anything. No torture, just [the condition] that she must be out of politics...
...Doctors and specialists do a lot of work in hospitals and go around to work in clinics,” he said. “There is a potential for harm, and it could be dangerous, but you just have a different mission than others...
...however, one difference between writer-director David Mamet's film and other fight game tales; it is not about boxing. It is about a mixed martial arts, combat that involves elements of jiu-jitsu, kick-boxing and the many other weird ways men have devised to do great bodily harm to one another. That gives Redbelt an original edge that somewhat separates it from the boxing genre. This advantage is greatly enhanced by its protagonist, Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is excellent in the role). Mike is a black belt jiu-jitsu instructor, running a none-too-successful school...
...what's the harm in Americans athletes at least speaking up, if not speaking out? The International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and Olympic sponsors have all insisted that they won't quell free speech in the run-up to the Olympics. So if most American athletes are shying away from the issues, it either appears that these institutions are gagging them, or that they're not making at least an attempt to get informed. Either scenario is a shame. Why shouldn't the American team leave the "we're just athletes" excuse at home? Why not embrace...
...fresh record of almost $120 on Monday. An end Tuesday to the two-day strike over pensions by refinery workers in Scotland - which had earlier halted much of the North Sea's oil production and wreaked havoc with gas supplies in Scotland - won't do a nervous market any harm. But there's little sign of oil prices easing significantly in the short-term; Chakib Khelil, president of OPEC, the oil producers' cartel, admitted Monday he couldn't rule out prices hitting...