Word: harmfulness
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Significant Force. Ditto's patrol corpsmen, with their militaristic uniforms, are distrusted by many white city authorities. The patrol members, who act tough and often harass cops, do not carry weapons, and on balance have probably done more good than harm. "These are guys who would ordinarily be out on the street drinking wine, breaking bottles and making trouble," says Ditto in their defense...
...difficulties that must be understood, says University of Wisconsin Psychologist Richard A. Sternbach, is that pain is not a "thing," and certainly not a single, simple thing, but an abstract concept used by observers to describe three different things: "1) A personal, private sensation of hurt; 2) a harmful stimulus, which signals current or impending tissue damage; and 3) a pattern of responses, which operates to protect the organism from harm." Sternbach concedes that his use of "hurt" in the first part of his redefinition is circular, but insists that the important consideration is the total...
These offenses are political in their origin and active thrust. They share in the special fury of political passion, which is, as Pasternak described it, like the fury and torment of adolescent love: "It tears one to shreds, and nothing save harm seems to come of it. At the same time one can not get free of it. And all who enter as people into history will always pass through...
...immediately ordered it cancelled. The person who bought the ad tried to insert it again. I turned him down, telling him that it was unacceptable and that it had subjected us to possible legal action. At Professor Huntington's request, the CRIMSON printed a formal retraction, apologizing for inadvertent harm done...
...Deke Slayton collided over whether or not the press could witness a lunar-landing practice session. Slayton won, and four days later NASA's chief public affairs officer, Julian Scheer, gave Haney the news: he was to lose his voice job and accept a special post out of harm's way in Washington. Haney flatly refused the new job, describing the proposed move "like being kicked out of the game on the two-yard line after coming 98 yards down the field." Scheer quickly accepted his resignation. Out is not off, however. Who was down in Houston last...