Word: harmful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...history of Tyrol is among the most disreputable in post-war history, It is an ungrounded belief that this little handful of people can harm Italy. When Tyrol was incorporated into Italy in 1919, the only reason given was the advantage of strategic frontier. Mussolini has taken this as an opportunity to show European countries that he means business. This pooh-poohing of the League is also shown by the Corfu incident...
...government, realizing how much more importance is usually attached to injured dignity than to actual harm, is wise enough to sooth the cries from the Southward. But in the meantime Americans will doubtless continue to call themselves Americans, and Mr. Mencken's favorite column-heading need not for a while yield to a less euphonious name...
...allowed to direct advanced literature courses of their own in order to keep them fresh and to give them the hope of advancement. To make this possible, and to prevent interference with courses that have long been given by older members of the Department, it would do no harm to institute a few new courses designed especially for undergraduates. More courses would mean less of the baneful crowding in those already in existence and greater opportunity for individual student as well as for young teacher...
...does not believe, for example, that the Salvation Army should invest in tax-exempt real estate here in Massachusetts $1,000,000 given it for the relief of the poor. For that matter, she believes that many so-called benevolent and charitable institutions, thriving on tax-exemption, do more harm than good. Mrs. MacFadden argues in favor of a head tax of $4, which would yield Massachusetts more that its income tax and be far simpler to collect. She does not see why women should now be exempt from the poll tax. "The Next Question" is a stimulating and provocative...
...soundly rebuked the pettiness of one criticism and removed the basis for the other, Agnes Maude Royden was not reinvited to speak in Chicago or Boston, where the women felt that "Miss Royden . . . stood for certain principles which our organization did not care to sponsor ... it might do harm to our youth.'' Detroit women characterized the criticism of Miss Royden as "absurd," but in Philadelphia, after reading the reports of her arrival, women's clubs retracted their invitations. Some women spoke sharply of "Hoyden Royden"; others, baffled by her direct and vigorous speech, took refuge in expressions of fluffy indignation...