Word: harmfulness
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...turn, produce enormous profits that irresistibly lure vicious gangs, who are taking over large areas of cities. The gangs employ armies of pushers who spread the very plague the drug laws are supposed to combat. Says Milton Friedman, guru of free-market economists and a Nobel prizewinner: "The harm that is done by drugs is predominantly caused by the fact that they are illegal. You would not have had the crack epidemic if it was legal." Finally, addicts too are irresistibly driven to crime -- prostitution, mugging, burglary -- to finance their habits...
...about the heavens from a back alley palm reader than from an orbiting telescope. Perhaps Reagan believes that exploring the stars will upset the delicate balance of planetary influence. It seems that as belief in astrology rises, belief in astronomy is sure to fall. That is the kind of harm Reagan's connection with pseudoscience can inflict on this nation...
...issues and has lost the loyalty and respect of its students. Don't expect any bold moves from President Horner or the Radcliffe Board of Trustees on any other women's issues, such as hiring more female and minority faculty members. After all, standing up on controversial issues might harm fundraising efforts, or it might upset Derek Bok and the Corporation--something Horner and Radcliffe now seem afraid...
...minorities. Earlier this year, Bennett declared Chicago schools to be the nation's worst. Critics claim that the reforms have been little more than lip service from a bureaucracy with no intention of changing. Those innovations that have made it into the classroom may have done more harm than good. The back-to-basics emphasis, for instance, makes no sense in a system that has already cut courses in art, music and even physical education...
...whole thing took place without one bruise," Urban said in a telephone interview. "Nobody suffered any harm or injury...