Word: harmfulness
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Posner's decidedly free-market views mean that he starts out as an antitrust skeptic. He's argued that regulation of monopolies is often a mistake, and that in many cases government intervention does more harm than good. But he has also shown an inclination to follow established law and has written approvingly of the AT&T breakup. His admirers say he won't approach this case with ideological preconceptions. "Labels are meaningless," insists University of Chicago Law School Dean Daniel Fischel. "He's completely unpredictable in his views...
...other reason it's hard to sell free trade is that any given example tends to benefit a lot of people in small ways that are hard to identify and tends to harm a few people a lot in ways that are vividly evident. When that factory shuts down, the unemployed workers know they've suffered a loss, and they know why. And it's a big enough loss to stir them politically. It will affect their vote at least, if not cause them to march in the streets...
...exchange lingered with me for several days like a bad meal of enchiladas at the Winthrop House dining hall. It wasn't that I was upset about annoying the woman. I wasn't exactly mowing her down with my bicycle, so I don't think I was causing any harm. It was more the encounter itself. I like to think I possess at least some shred of clever, subtle wit in my marrow, and, "You're stupid," while displaying elegance in brevity, is not exactly a riposte worthy of Oscar Wilde...
...when the man finished, he raised both hands toward Judas and said, "Jude, go to your father now; he'll need you for the planting. The others won't harm you; I'll warn them off." The man's upright hands were pierced with deep wounds, just below the palms...
...practice of medicine. The academy carries significant weight on the Hill, and should expect White House support as well since the proposals mirror portions of President Clinton's proposed Patients' Bill of Rights. Which means the feds could soon be making sure that "First do no harm" is more than just a physician's motto...