Word: harmfulness
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...between the ages of 45 and 55, but their risk of heart disease and osteoporosis doesn't really soar until they reach their 60s and 70s. By starting estrogen therapy later in life, it may be possible for women to capitalize on its benefits while curtailing its power to harm...
...When adolescent narratives of desire are driven underground," Wolf vaguely explains in the grad-school-speak that characterizes her writing, "harm is done to the psyche." Wolf's solution is that women should be more vocal about their sexual histories and yearnings. However, she does not thoughtfully address what the sociological or cultural merit of such venting would be in a climate already teeming with daytime talk shows, hyped authors of best-selling incest memoirs, and Alanis Morissette...
...blast victims is that whatever enabled them to survive the blast in the first place--a natural resistance to disease, perhaps--continues to protect them. It is more likely, says the National Academy of Sciences' Evan Douple, a leading expert in the field, that radiation is not quite as harmful as was supposed. "Radiation in general is a very ineffective carcinogen," he says. Below certain very low levels, it may cause no harm...
...relevant brass declared that the area within a 9,000-ft. radius of the proposed launch site would have to be cleared of civilians. When it was pointed out to them that 23 families live within 6,500 ft. of the launch site, the brass deftly removed them from harm's way--by revising the "clear zone" radius downward...
...good.' I think they're good. The worst I could say about them is their stuff is derivative. [But] when I started off, I sang like Little Richard. I still do...John was coming from Buddy Holly and the Isley Brothers, various other people. So what's the harm in [Oasis] coming from the Beatles...