Word: harmfulness
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...than big floor plans and marble countertops. For instance, they might be expected to care about whether their new place increased our dependence on fossil fuels or used wood from destructively clear-cut forests. And if altruistic motives don't move them much, they certainly might care about the harm to themselves and their families from homebuilding materials that emit toxic chemicals into the air of their nice living rooms. Could it be that one reason those women on Desperate Housewives are so desperate is that their houses are full of polyvinyl chlorides? You might suspect there's even worse...
...achieve his political ends through biological warfare, and tried to redeem the ruler’s reputation. “Pharaoh has been victimized by a small Jewish lobby,” Dershowitz said, later adding, “He did try to kill Jewish people, but no harm, no foul.” The kosher-for-Passover crowd might have been biased against the defendant, but they loved Dershowitz’s rhetorical acrobatics. “Harris had wonderful arguments, but Dershowitz stole the show,” said Hillary W. Steinbrook ’07, who came...
...which Michelangelo worked on for 40 years-his original conception was never completed. Another sheet shows tiny first thoughts for the dying slaves which formed part of that scheme. One poem starts: "Alas, alas, I have been betrayed by my fleeting days ? " and concludes: "There is no harm equal to that of wasted time." The rest of the page is covered with odd figures by himself and pupils: a giraffe, a crab, a grasshopper, a skull. As the show travels through the artist's long life, the drawings, always impressive for their sheer brilliance, become increasingly personal: less part...
...Olmert: We're not going to wait for a collapse. We're going to prevent it from the outset without any hesitation. I'm concerned about it independently of the issue of whether it would harm Israeli interests or not. It's enough that it should do something bad for innocent human beings that I will want to prevent it. That doesn't mean I have to cooperate with the Palestinian government. We have to find a way how to help the people without helping a government that can easily use these funds that will be transferred to them...
...you’ve ever prayed for someone who is sick, you may actually be doing him or her harm. Strangers’ prayers for heart-surgery patients may have had detrimental effects on those patients, according to a study conducted by a team of Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers in conjunction with other medical experts. The study, which began almost ten years ago and was released in April’s American Heart Journal, divided 1,802 bypass surgery patients into three groups. Two groups were prayed for: one group of patients was informed they were being prayed...