Word: harmful
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...postponing surgery would carry its own burdens. "When children become aware of their body image at age 2 or 3 and compare their anatomy with others', questions are raised about the potential for psychological harm through their childhood," Aaronson says...
...drinks aren't exactly health food, but if you're looking for a quick buzz, they will do little harm--as long as you chase them with enough water. All that caffeine can be dehydrating...
...them hadn't seen it when they spouted off. (Liberals used to deride those religious conservatives who organized protests of films they hadn't yet seen.) Instead, they wrap their bludgeons in Scripture, or historical citations, or obscure pronouncements from a religious hierarchy, or dark threats of the harm a movie can do. Some of them seem to have have a cell-phone connection to the Throne of Heaven...
...archaeological finds. In the wake of the U.S. invasion, civilian guards fled in the face of gun-toting mobs, and looters have since been digging with relative impunity. Archival reconstruction and international police cooperation have managed to return many of the pieces stolen from the Baghdad Museum, but the harm done to these archaeological sites is irrevocable. While U.S. damage control might again succeed in the apprehension of many of the stolen objects, their context and provenance are forever lost, severely curtailing the wealth of information professional archaeologists might have otherwise reaped...
...Bomb altogether—just as the memory of the snow phallus melted with the coming of last spring. And Janet’s bare breast will certainly be forgotten by the American consciousness soon enough. But our national obsession with these frivolous sexual encounters is doing more harm than we realize. And while we continue to focus our attention on the trivial and the meaningless, we conveniently distract ourselves from things that might really matter...