Word: harmfulness
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...farmers farming but keep small convenience stores in business by adding a drink, snack or newspaper to their daily fix. And as the rampant fencing-out of smokers from restaurants, bars, offices and even the front stoops of federal buildings continues apace, smokers are clearly on their way to harming no one but themselves. (Drinkers, especially those who get behind the wheel, are more likely to harm innocents...
...Friday that the Congressman has taken a polygraph administered by expert Barry D. Colvert, formerly with the FBI, would soothe critics. Condit, said his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, had truthfully answered no to the only questions that mattered: Did he have anything to do with Levy's disappearance? Did he harm her or cause anyone else to? Does he know where she is? But neither police nor the Levys were satisfied. Assistant D.C. police chief Terrance Gainer dubbed the test "self-serving...
...something that only hurts women on payday. Sure, it can sting knowing that your coworkers earn more than you for doing the same job, but the real harm comes later down the road. Lower wages mean less money contributed to 401Ks, Social Security and other retirement-age savings plans. And that means more older women, especially women of color, are living in poverty - even those who?ve worked full-time jobs for forty or fifty years...
Rick Feutz knows better than most the harm that arsenic can do. In 1986 the Washington State teacher was building a wooden raft for his children, a job that required a lot of sawing--and a lot of sawdust. Within days, he felt achy and nauseated and experienced a tingling in his hands. The problem persisted, and eventually doctors diagnosed arsenic poisoning. The price he has paid is high: he lost a third of his overall motor control, and, even today, his face remains partly paralyzed. "My eye droops; I have weakness in my arms and legs," he says...
WEDDED STRESS Marital strife can harm your health, and for years it was thought that men suffered more ill effects because of their heightened physiological response during conflict. Not so, according to recent studies cited by psychologist Scott Stanley, co-author of the newly revised book Fighting for Your Marriage. Women seem to bear the brunt of it, says Stanley, because they tend to feel more responsible for the outcome of the marriage and yet cannot single-handedly effect change...