Word: harmfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ROYAL SECRETS TAKES US step-by-step through the "downstairs" of Buckingham Palace, Sandringham, and the other Royal residences, dropping harmless chit-chat at every turn. Prince Philip, we harm, visits the kitchen regularly to berate the cooks. Prince Charles hung out there as a child, but by the time he reached 30 he had forgotten the way. Lady Diana, captive in the palace before her wedding, spent so much time in the pantry that The Yeoman of the Glass and China finally threw her out. "Through there is your side of the house. Your Royal Highness," he said, pointing...
Whereas these limitations are important, they still leave ample room for applying technology to learning, especially in the major professional schools, in science departments, in engineering programs, and in many areas of social science. Other criticisms of technology, however, are more sweeping. They warn that computers may harm the entire educational process by gradually eroding some of the intangible, more humane values of university life...
...survey of 551 Black industrial workers found that 25 percent opposed divestiture on the grounds that it would harm Blacks. (Critics of this survey have pointed out that the public advocacy of divestiture is a punishable offense in South Africa. Yet, the same survey revealed a large percentage of workers who pronounce themselves ready to strike--also a punishable offense.) By discounting the sentiments of Black South Africans, supporters of divestiture only highlight the fact that divestiture is an easy moral cause for those who do not suffer its consequences...
...problems of decreasing Black enrollment, relatively few Black faculty members, and a chance for alumni and students to get to know each other better. These are very good aims and the benefits they could achieve are great. However, such a gathering could also cause a great deal of harm. By banding together, they only separate themselves from the community and emphasize their differences...
Downey has threatened to lodge a formal complaint against Dornan because of the threat of bodily harm. He has also demanded an apology. "For what?" Dornan asked a Washington Post reporter. "For calling him a wimp? I am willing to concede that perhaps he just walks, talks and acts like a little arrogant wimp. But maybe it's disinformation." In the end, though, Dornan wimped out. What was he doing with Tom's collar in his fist? "I was just straightening...