Word: harmfulness
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These "tenant leaders" sat on their hands for years while the Rent Control Board considered proposal after proposal to harm rooming-house tenants, the weakest of the weak...
...head tutor of the Afro-American Studies department at Harvard University, "people have in fact banned books for either racist or homophobic reasons or because they just don't like the ideas...But a book that explores the question of sexuality with intelligence - how is that going to do harm to a young man or woman...
...narrowing circumstances, but mostly he confronts them with a cheeky joke. Or a boyish prank: he and Roebuck keep stealing a snowblower back and forth. Or some comically self-destructive behavior -- he finally punches out that cop and lands briefly in jail -- that doesn't do him as much harm as it would if this were real life instead of a movie determined to be cheerful at any cost...
...feet up at the end of the day, turn on the tube and just veg out. It may even turn out that the best-intentioned resolutions made in the '80s -- to lose weight, to eat "lite," to plunge headlong into heart-pounding aerobics -- ended up doing more harm than good...
...adults from its peak of 4,345 in 1963 to 2,493 last year, according to the American Health Foundation. And when people quit smoking, they usually gain weight -- 4 to 6 lbs. on average. But health officials are quick to point out that while those extra pounds may harm your health, cigarettes are even more damaging. Most doctors advise patients that a bit of additional weight is a small price to pay for kicking the smoking habit...