Word: harmfulness
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...seized the opportunity to issue a fistful of far- reaching decrees. Some, such as temporarily suspending six newspapers, were almost as undemocratic as the old system. And Yeltsin's boorish bossing of Gorbachev in the Russian parliament carried hints of an autocratic style that may do the country more harm than good in the long run. The impassioned Yeltsin may need to be reminded at times about the importance of zakonnost (legality) in his haste to bring about rapid change...
...week U.S. District Judge George E. Woods agreed and ordered school officials to come up with a program to accommodate both sexes. "The young adolescent black male is most definitely an endangered species in this community," said Woods. "But the board has not shown the presence of girls would harm the learning of boys...
...number of concerned observers, the busybodies -- conformity seekers, legal nitpickers and politically correct thought police -- seem to have lost sight of a bedrock American virtue: tolerance, allowing others, in the name of freedom, to do things one disagrees with or does not like, provided they do no outright harm to others...
...take any simpleminded black-and-white view and say racial preferences have never done a bit of good for anybody. All I've tried to do is point out the down side and that we've probably come to the point where they are doing more harm than good...
...assaults were rendered all the more chilling because of the dismissive note struck by some officials. The Kenya Times quoted Joyce Kithira, the school's deputy principal, as saying, "The boys never meant any harm against - the girls. They just wanted to rape." The episode is forcing Kenyans to reexamine attitudes that have long permitted rape to be a part of many girls' school years...