Word: harmfulness
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...first do no harm" (Feb. 16, 9 p.m. ET, ABC) has the requisites of a made-for-TV noble weepie: a disease, an innocent victim and an ordinary mom who becomes a wily fighter for her child's life. The film also has Meryl Streep, the most honored actress of her generation, in her first TV movie in 20 years. In the recent Marvin's Room, Streep played the selfish mother of a troubled child. But ...first do no harm" is better--less because of its heroine than because of its collective villain: the doctors to whom we entrust...
...unfortunate "Hymietown" remark during the 1984 presidential campaign. Louis Farrakhan is widely considered a dangerous extremist for various comments he has made over the years. However, as bizarre as some of the Nation of Islam's rhetoric may be, this organization has not caused any direct or appreciable harm to anyone. The same cannot be said for organizations such as the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission or the White Citizens Councils...
...challenge for the states is to regulate and subsidize child care in such a way as to increase the likelihood of good outcomes for children. This is true regardless of welfare reform, of course. Bad day-care can harm the development of any child. Research has shown that children benefit when caregivers are trained and the ratio of staff to children is high. Several states license centers accordingly, requiring a minimum amount of training and setting ratios for different age groups. Welfare mothers themselves are not necessarily the best caregivers, and it is possible that in some instances welfare reform...
...never wavered in her devotion to him, however, even when he had an affair with a young Newsweek stringer in the early '60s. By that time, his behavior was becoming more erratic, the result of a manic-depressive disorder that was treated by a psychiatrist who "did more harm than good," she says, recommending existentialist philosophy in lieu of drugs. Finally, on the day he returned home after a stay in the hospital, Graham said he wanted to take a nap, went into a bathroom and shot himself to death...
...point during the festivities, wide receiver Don Beebe gave Favre a playful shove at the edge of the platform, only to pull him back. No harm done. But it was a subliminal reminder that at this time last year the Packers were on the edge of a precipice. In the N.F.C. title game in Dallas, they took the lead in the fourth quarter, only to lose yet again to the Cowboys, 38-27, after Favre threw a costly interception. White, who says he could have played better in that game, was either showing his age--34 at the time...