Word: harmfulness
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...growth is likely to be very gradual, especially in the U.S. Says Lyle Gramley, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association: "This may be a recovery that still feels like a recession." One bright spot is that as long as the U.S. can avoid a catastrophic recession that could harm its trading partners as well, the still healthy economies of Japan and Germany should provide some stimulus for the rest of the world. Japan expects its economy to grow as much as 4% in the coming year, with only 3% inflation, while projected growth for the German economy...
...part of his tougher line on terrorism. Two months ago, Rashid discovered the identity of the key witness against him. Since then, U.S. officials have learned, the supposedly retired Abu Ibrahim has dropped in on Awad's brother in Baghdad and confiscated his passport. The implied threat that harm may come to Awad's family if he testifies against Rashid is not hard to fathom. Adnan Awad and Mohammed Rashid, their lives so painfully bound together, can each make the other pay a stiff price when Awad finally confronts his former comrade-at-arms in a court...
CAPTION: IN HARM...
...points above her husband's. There have been no jealousies or catcalls such as those endured by fashionables Jackie Kennedy and Nancy Reagan. Barbara has been visible but never dominating, as Rosalynn Carter sometimes appeared to be. The old pols have always contended that a First Lady could harm but not help a President. Some Republican Party experts, though, believe that if Barbara were not on board, the President's standing would be lower than it is, his leadership less effective...
...name the Sioux give Dunbar -- is a movie that is very easy to make fun of, and not merely because of Dunbar's risible ahistoricism. It would be nice, for instance, to meet some white man, other than Dunbar, who is not a brutish lout. And it would not harm the film if there were one or two bad-natured Sioux visible in it. (The Pawnee, who obviously need a p.r. consultant, are portrayed as the scourge of the prairies.) It is, as well, all too easy to see why Costner -- or any actor -- would want to direct himself...