Word: harmfulness
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...easier. The hurricane that killed 1,500 in Haiti and caused an estimated $8 billion in damage across Florida was named after the churchgoing grandmother, 75, who lives in Miami. "I didn't think it would cause so much damage," says Van Wyck with a sigh. "I couldn't harm...
...liberal political-action committee that is presenting Vote for Change, has tried to get the performers on message with a series of talking points, but there's little evidence to suggest that the briefings stuck or that the artists--who were advised early on by Springsteen to "do no harm" in their public comments--were interested in saying much a cappella. "I'm getting sheets with information on things like grain subsidies," says an amused Buck. "I don't think about this stuff on that level. I approach this whole thing as a guy who plays guitar and feels...
...instead? Most doctors rushed to reassure. "This is a serious issue and should be dealt with seriously," says Dr. David Wofsy, president of the American College of Rheumatology. "But for the vast majority of people who are on Vioxx or who have ever been on Vioxx, there is no harm." (More on that...
...mother hurried by holding her toddler by the hand. The child stared at the remains. At one point, a group of Purdy's men tumbled into an Iraqi house seeking safety and found themselves facing a woman with her arms around five children. Figuring that the soldiers would not harm her family, she offered the Americans water. Elsewhere, heads kept popping out from front gates as quizzical residents--perhaps numbed after so many months of conflict--looked out at the commotion. "Get inside! Get inside!," soldiers screamed desperately. Children endlessly scampered across streets, forcing the troops to shoot above their...
...some Iranian laws that seem, to us, at odds with the idea of individualism simply are the result of a slightly different understanding of what freedoms of the individual may harm the society. This does not represent a fundamental opposition to the idea of the importance of individual freedom, but a balancing of belief in individual freedom with concern for the common good. Even in America, freedom is not an all-encompassing word—our freedoms are also balanced with a concern for the public good. The very controversial question is what, exactly, that balance should...