Word: harmfulness
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...joking, and it was as off-key in its own way as Dan Quayle's response in 1988 that the first thing he would do was pray. Like Quayle, Cheney has come to be seen as a drag on the ticket, violating the first rule of Veepdom: do no harm. First, there was his uncompassionately conservative record, voting no on everything from Head Start to college-student aid to the Older Americans Act, which offers support services to the elderly. This prompted the joke that Cheney's never met a welfare program he liked. When the New York Times examined...
...opposite. I didn't want to be a part of that. What I have to tell him about his administration, I'll tell him while he's still in office. But it was my deliberate intention to have it ready at a moment when it causes no harm to Zediilo's administration...
...said, "You?re a little rough on yourself." Well, Ray?s not me, and, no, I don?t think so. Ray is behaving like a 20-year-old. But his quest is sincere. His quest is coming to terms with who he needs, what he needs. And sometimes you harm, sometimes you are harmed...
...Agile," Picasso says, "Men want and women are wanted." Ray wants Mirabelle - wants a specific part of her. But because he can?t admit that, because he denies his desire, he has to include all of it. It leads to this big charade, and that?s where all the harm comes from. Ray is trying to deny his guyness, trying to be more of a soulmate to someone. There?s a sincere part of Ray. It?s just qualified by his methodology...
...challenge your assertion that "the state of American health care is in a crisis." Americans have excellent health care. The only real crisis in our health is the prevalance of obesity, poor diet, smoking, inactive lifestyles and high-risk behavior by which Americans stubbornly harm their own health and that of others. However, you are correct that the lack of insurance coverage of low-income Americans, especially children, is a failing that can and needs to be remedied...