Word: harmfulness
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...same time, one tactic that has worked all too well in past showdowns is failing so far. Saddam Hussein has taken hostages by the thousands. But the U.S. and other Western governments -- paralyzed in the past by fear of harm to hostages, and willing to strike bad deals to get them freed -- this time have insisted that they will not be diverted from their fundamental policies. Up to now they have been as good as their word, and there has been surprisingly little outcry about rescuing the hostages first...
Storage areas in the basement of Leverett House flooded for the second straight year, but many students who learned from last summer's accident were prepared and protected their property from harm...
...Cutting the deficit to $64 billion as the law mandates would require either the sequester or a combination of spending cuts and new taxes equal to 2% of the gross national product. Since the economy is faltering, either choice would deepen a recession. Now that American troops are in harm's way, the slash in Pentagon spending that the sequester would bring is unthinkable. Both sides are thus likely to postpone the deadline by several months...
That tradition changed somewhat during the Vietnam War, with its confused purposes, enterprising reporters eager to roam in harm's way in search of the truth, and absence of military censorship. In fact, there are those who argue that Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America, that the nightly TV footage of body bags and burning villages turned hearts and minds against the war. Hardly surprising, then, if the Pentagon should try to avoid the pattern of Vietnam by keeping the press on a short leash whenever American troops go into action...
...seen as the initiator of a military conflict. If America were to strike first and the Iraqi leader killed hostages in retaliation, says an Administration official, "we might well be blamed at home and abroad for recklessly provoking him." There is little doubt, however, that any actual harm to the hostages would trigger immediate and massive retaliation...