Word: harmful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...violation of this doctrine by a regime that proclaims its official Catholicism and enjoys the full support of the hierarchy," said the priests, a rising wall of hostility was choking off their ministry. If the causes of the discontent were ignored, the Basque priests warned, the consequences "can harm the church in our diocese for generations to come." Neither the pre-censored civil press nor the uncensored church press made a reference to the petition until the Papal Nuncio brushed off the letter as an ill-considered act of "some of our wayward sons." Spain's newspapers then rushed...
Even those who disagree with Pauling's views will concede the urgency of some settlement to the arms race. And everyone must agree that it does harm to muddy this most crucial of debates by confusing its terms. For confusion will result if the public listens to Eastland and Dodd equating communists with those who favor disarmament...
...this discussion of religion . . . is doing the Catholic Church more good than harm by showing the ridiculousness of the arguments against the Church and by making Catholic champions of many Catholics who have been lukewarm...
...Ploscowe is bothered "by the gulf between the laws and what he thinks are the prevailing U.S. patterns of sexual behavior as shown by Kinsey-type reports. "Sex offense legislation presently on the books," says Ploscowe, "is largely unenforceable, and much of this legislation does a great deal more harm than good. Few branches of the law have shown such a wide divergence between actual human behavior and stated legal norms...
...reasons that he admits are not yet clear, Dr. Raab believes that lack of steady physical exercise, even by itself, may encourage the stimulatory system to work overtime. Alone, this might not do much harm. But it is most likely to be combined with other factors that are known to damage the heart: pro longed emotional stress, high blood pres sure, coronary atherosclerosis and a high-fat diet...