Word: harmfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University was not guilty of misconduct; but in 1997, a jury found that the racial discrimination that one guard had complained of led to his dismissal in 1993. Admittedly, Marshall showed poor judgement in selecting her former law firm to handle the investigation, but in this case, no permanent harm seems to have been done. It is also noteworthy that Marshall called for the original investigation voluntarily, seeking the truth of the matter...
...would Giuliani really harm an important cultural institution that serves an otherwise art-starved neighborhood? Sure. By week's end, staff members were uttering his favorite words: "No negotiation." It's unclear, however, whether the mayor actually has the legal authority to refuse a check to an entity promised one in the budget he signed. The case will doubtless end up in court. There are constitutional issues too: the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot penalize artists solely because their work is disagreeable...
...last week, said firms like his need the allure of cash balances to attract young, mobile high-tech workers in a tight talent market: "There just isn't enough money to go around to give a choice to everybody." Many employer groups warn that onerous restrictions could do more harm than good. "These well-meaning changes could actually create fewer defined-benefit plans," says Eric Lofgren, director of benefits consulting at Watson, Wyatt Worldwide...
Timothy McVeigh should have been charged with at least one more murder. That?s the line from the Christian Coalition, members of which were on hand Thursday as the House passed a bill that would make it a federal offense to harm a fetus while committing a federal crime. Under the coalition-backed Unborn Victims of Violence Act, McVeigh, one of the perpetrators in the Oklahoma City bombing case, would have one more offense on his rap sheet because a pregnant woman was among the casualties of the explosion. While no one can predict what will happen in the Senate...
...intensely powerful, with sustained winds of nearly 155 m.p.h.--a Category 4 hurricane, only one step below the most destructive designation on the charts. Most significant of all, it was bearing down on the Atlantic coastline, putting millions of people and billions of dollars' worth of property directly in harm...