Word: harmfulness
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...would do Kohl no harm to acknowledge a debt to a courageous and controversial predecessor. In 1969 Willy Brandt launched his Ostpolitik of reconciliation and rapprochement with the East. It was the first major sustained breakthrough of the cold war in Europe. Brandt went a long way toward allaying Soviet fears by signing a renunciation-of-force treaty with Moscow. He propitiated many of Germany's other former enemies by dropping to his knees in front of a memorial to the victims of the Warsaw ghetto. Most important, Brandt formally recognized the German Democratic Republic. He was criticized...
...Church near Cape Town. But he assured his parishioners that he had done "nothing immoral." The African National Congress said it is "reassessing" his role in the liberation struggle. And the Cape Times suggested that the scandal might benefit Boesak's political fortunes: "A little humility did nobody any harm...
...political science, volunteered long enough for the army to get his parachute wings and then turned to journalism. Karl-Ernst Freitag and Artwin Priebisch studied marine engineering, spent a couple of summers sailing the high seas, only to drift into other endeavors: teaching for Freitag, business for Priebisch. Harm Smidt leaned toward the law but turned to the sciences and engineering and wound up a partner in a firm dealing with environmental-impact studies...
...There will be parameters. The first is that nothing will be done to harm our economic stability. Second, the English-speaking community in Quebec has a fundamental role to play here, an irreplaceable role...
...attempt to rectify this situation by influencing the administration in their hiring practices. I agree with Dr. Bell in believing that the Law School's predominantly white tenured faculty should be expanded to include non-whites, especially women. However, Professor Bell's ill-advised attempt at influence brings more harm than good to Harvard University for all races...