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...overseers also received a letter from the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan asking them not to question a key witness about ?any matters involving the Democratic National Committee (or) the Clinton/Gore Election Committee... because it could harm the active, ongoing criminal investigation.? Investigators say the letter shows that the New York grand jury has targeted an alleged scheme in which Democrats would direct campaign contributions to Carey in return for contributions to state Democratic parties out of Teamster union funds...
Many store and restaurant owners on WashingtonStreet say the close proximity ofsexually-oriented industries does not harm theirinvestments...
...resume his place as the team's leading slugger. Since he had hit only an empty parked car and didn't do any personal damage, except perhaps to his reputation, most Boston fans would rather forgive Vaughn for his transgression and return him to the batter's box. No harm, no foul (unless the Sox don't make it to the World Series...
...than forthcoming about Monica Lewinsky. There is no sexual harassment alleged. No one got hurt, and Lewinsky may even have almost gotten a job out of it. The economy is strong, and the Iraq crisis has, for the moment, subsided. The President is doing a decent enough job. No harm, no foul...
...cases of Nykesha Sales, Mo Vaughn and Bill Clinton of course merit different interpretations of "no harm, no foul." In the instance of Sales' new record, her coach may have been right that no harm was done and a greater good accomplished. The jury (figuratively for Vaughn and literally for the President) is still out on the other two. I don't know what the antithetical proverb to "no harm, no foul" is, or even whether one exists. In these cases, maybe the closest we can come is "I don't know whether to laugh or cry at once...