Word: harming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vocalists. To sing at the celebrated opera house of Milan was a crowning honor; to be selected for a very important premier, an election to Parnassus. But since the War vocal things have gone badly all over Europe, and Italy (while comparatively in very good shape) has not avoided harm. The best Italian singers are in America. Recent operatic performances at La Scala have been most distinguished, but not out of any plenitude of superlative voices. The glory has rested with the orchestral and ensemble elements of the performances. Toscanini is the world's supreme conductor. By sheer mastery...
...Serious harm to the larger oil companies through this sharp drop in prices is most unlikely. As far as the Standard Oil companies are concerned, their chief danger will lie in the curiously contradictory attacks made upon them in connection with it. First, they were blamed for keeping gasoline prices too high. But when they reduced prices to meet all competition, they were blamed for so doing on the grounds that they aimed to ruin the independent oil companies and thereby to establish a monopoly...
...singing, the laying on of hands, and unquestioning faith are her only accessories. These "cures " are, of course, explainable by perfectly natural psychological processes, and are nothing new under the sun. For certain types of afflictions, and with certain religious temperaments, Sister Harrell and her like may do little harm and much good. No public health laws are violated, but the effects are almost always temporary...
...just as good " sent; goods not sent in parcels of the correct size; no attention paid to wrapping them up in wrappers that are proof against the elements. The article advises U. S. firms to exercise the greatest care in choosing their representatives, as " one dishonest agent does much harm not only to his firm but to his country-more than enough to offset the work of 20 honest agents." It also points out that in the minds of the gullible " having no previous knowledge of Americans-the conclusion is, not that that particular salesman is a rascal, but that...
...restrictions of ordinary courtesy, the common ownership of public property, and the privileges of citizenship has of late grown to such proportions as to be not only a reproach to the University and a danger to the community, but an influence that is possessed of almost unlimited possibilities for harm...