Word: harmless
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Outside, Mitten circulated through the crowd, while news copters hovered overhead. A bomb squad entered to inspect Leong’s satchel—which it ultimately determined to be harmless...
...Hendricks had simply flipped on a switch, the result was masterful. The Texas native scattered six harmless hits—four singles and two bunts—while allowing just one batter as far as second base. Working quickly, he walked none and spun his signature, knee-buckling curve along with a precise fastball to keep his opponents from getting a chance to settle...
...military has taken heat lately for holding and in some cases abusing innocent civilians in its prisons abroad. But at least one Guantanamo detainee, Taliban commander Mullah Shahzada, has proved anything but harmless. Soon after he was released last July--military officials believed there was no cause to hold him--Shahzada seized control of Taliban operations in southern Afghanistan. He recruited fighters by telling harrowing tales of his supposed ill-treatment in the cages of Guantanamo. He proved to be an effective insurgent. A Taliban source told TIME that it was Shahzada who masterminded a jailbreak in Kandahar in October...
Food marketers are increasingly sidestepping TV. At Nabiscoworld.com for instance, children are enticed to play an Oreo dunking game, join a Chips Ahoy party and race around in a Triscuit 4x4. Harmless fun? It would be if children under age 8 could distinguish between advertising and entertainment. But psychologists say most kids that young are unable to recognize the concept of "persuasive intent" in commercials, and health advocates charge that food companies are exploiting this confusion...
Cicadas look scary with their vaguely devil-shaped heads, but they're really harmless, and some communities even look forward to their arrival. Cincinnati, Ohio, for example, is planning cicada festivals, parties and even meals. Gene Kritsky, a cicada expert, is testing out a new recipe this year, cicada chowder. But entomologist John Cooley, who studies cicadas at the University of Connecticut, won't touch it. "Seventeen years underground just to end up as someone's dinner?" he says. "They're too marvelous to waste...