Word: harmfulness
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...smoking cocaine continually for days before the fatal beating -- made him incapable of realizing the seriousness of Lisa's condition. With what seems a measure of inconsistency, however, the jury saw the same failure to get immediate medical assistance as evidence of Steinberg's "intent" to do serious bodily harm to Lisa, an important element of the manslaughter charge...
...someone outside the faith to lecture Muslims on what they should or should not read would be impudent. But it must also be stated that there is no ridicule or harm in this novel, only an overwhelming sense of amazement and joy at the multifariousness of all Allah's children. As Gibreel and Saladin try to make their afflicted ways through contemporary London, a fascinating tapestry unfurls behind them. This backdrop contains vivid scenes -- among them, the subjugation of an immense subcontinent and ancient cultures by an upstart island, and the upheavals that result when this thralldom is abruptly ended...
...this sorry process, our council handed over valuable real estate to the developer for less than half its worth; supported continuing Harvard expansion into the commercial real estate market; helped pave the way for an oversize building much protested by area residents; and established precedents that will do harm to Harvard Square and Cambridge as a whole...
...American Medical Association to file a brief on the medical advantages of legal abortions. Advocates of such operations see them as the only safe alternative to often fatal clandestine methods, symbolized by the coat-hanger emblems on many pro-choice posters. The view that abortion at least does not harm women got a boost last week from a surprising source: Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who, after a year of study, found no proof that women obtaining legal abortions suffered a greater incidence of physical or psychological harm than women who brought their pregnancies to term...
Some critics of the pro-choice strategy argue that efforts to lobby the court may do more harm than good. "A letter-writing campaign is a wonderful thing to do if you're trying to persuade Congress or the Missouri legislature," says an experienced Supreme Court lawyer. "It's not what you do to the Supreme Court of the United States." But NOW President Molly Yard counters that "the court is influenced by public opinion, as is every other political institution in this country." The truth of that claim, like the future of abortion rights...