Word: harmful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nightclubs and cocktail bars as she had been in Mexico. But, pshaw, she was only old Peter Fahrney's granddaughter, Merry ("the Madcap"), from Chicago. Remember, she got married half a dozen times or so? Playboys and counts and barons-calls herself the Countess Cassini now. No more harm in her than in the cough syrup old Peter used to peddle. Made a lot of money, he did. Left that girl something like...
...thorough," said Dr. Winter. "Yes, our local man has been working here for some time." Said Dr. Winter: "I don't suppose you would tell who that man is?" Said the captain: "His work is all done now. I don't suppose there would be any harm in telling. His name is Corell...
...country has been girding itself for an all-out war effort, Mr. Jones has been craftily amassing power for the sake of power until now he is the third most powerful man in Washington with little to show for his ability as a war leader. Already, of incalculable harm to the defense effort has been his knuckling under to the special interests. For the past two years he's cozily slumbered in the belief that an all-out productive schedule was not necessary, and today he still favors business as usual, though the lists of American soldiers who have died...
Paradoxically, while the unactivities committee dreamed the last one out, it has done great harm to the nation. In the name of democracy it has smeared "decent, progressive and loyal Americans" with false evidence while overlooking local Fascists. Dies has used his committee attempting to hamstring the social gains of the New Deal. Anything that meant a forward step toward greater democracy has been automatically denounced by this Southerner. A poll tax Representative himself, he has no conception of what is real democracy. In his language, anyone who is progressive, anyone who wants to see our democracy grow and strengthen...
Since when does Democracy depend on pensioning a Congressman to keep him from doing harm to the country which he had sworn to protect and guide to the best of his ability...