Word: harmless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Great public interest has been aroused by the recent announcement of the "sandpaper treatment" for facial defects such as acne scars [TIME, March 13]. Although this technique would appear on the surface to be a harmless procedure, it is our opinion that the public should be warned against some very untoward effects which can result if this treatment is not done by the most highly qualified surgeons aware of the hazards...
...given testimony, Chief Magistrate Sir Lawrence Dunne remanded Fuchs to stand trial for treason at the Feb. 28 Old Bailey criminal sessions. The hearing at Bow Street had taken just two hours. The proceedings over, Fuchs walked out of the courtroom, back to his cell, looking like a harmless, nondescript scientist whom one might see in any laboratory. Despite his harmless look, despite repentance of a sort, Dr. Klaus Fuchs still bore Communism's indelible brand-NASH...
...cahoots with the Lone Ranger, came out with an "Atomic Energy Ring." Built in the shape of a torpedo, the ring was "guaranteed to contain genuine atoms," and, in a reassuring Note to Parents, it was further guaranteed that "the atomic energy contained in this ring is absolutely harmless...
...hrer. To blaze the way for another New Order, Zizendorf murders the unsuspecting Leevey and then beats to death harmless, helpless Herr Stintz, who had discovered the murder. As the census taker follows meekly along, as Madame Snow cheers enthusiastically and Jutta waits in bed, Zizendorf becomes Germany's new Fiihrer...
...balance last year's heavy movie diet of psychotics, disillusioned soldiers, mistreated Negroes and megalomaniac athletes, Hollywood is currently dishing up a series of bland drawing-room comedies. Mostly these harmless romps seem to have no more serious aim than to give tired moviegoers a chance to watch elegantly dressed people wasting time and money...