Word: harming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pope John Paul I, speaking about God at his regular Sunday Angelus blessing in St. Peter's Square: "He is Father. Even more, God is Mother, who does not want to harm...
...evaluating the potential environmental and health hazards faced by Americans, has received so many complaints about the use of this herbicide that it has established a special dioxin project. The agency has also issued regulations requiring that those who want to use the herbicide prove that it does not harm people, an ironic demand in the face of available evidence. But the EPA has stopped short of forbidding the herbicide's use. In April, the agency published an elaborate defense of its policy, providing exhaustive appendices and tales of scientific studies documenting the harmful effects of dioxin on laboratory animals...
...exodus could do more harm than good for nonwhites. American-owned businesses might be taken over by other multinationals, notably the Japanese, that are far less responsive to the blacks. Possibly the South African government would seize control of some companies and make the American owners deposit the proceeds of their forced sales in government securities...
...Brazil, babies' names became so ridiculous that the government forbade any that could harm the child. Before the law you could find people with names like Umdoistrês de Oliveira Quatro, meaning, One-two-three de Oliveira Four, and Rolando pela Escada a Baixo de Almeida, meaning, Rolling Down the Stairs de Almeida. A notary recently refused to register babies with the names Esquisofrênico, Hexagonal, Pugnacious...
Insists a local leader, Lenore Johnson: "Motors and snowmobiles do not harm the environment-they only offend the elite canoe purists." Outdoor Equipment Supplier Woods Davis says that he would lose half of his business if he could not rent motorboats to vacationers. Adds John Chelesnik, an Ely fishing diehard: "I go to the woods every weekend. In one eight-hour day I can go eight times as far as a canoeist can. That's important...