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...young girl may hot, even with her fiance, lunch in a road house without a chaperon, or go on a journey that can by any possibility last over night. To go out with him in a small sailboat sounds harmless enough, but might result in a questionable situation if they are becalmed, or if they are left helpless in a sudden fog. The Maine coast, for example, is particularly subject to fogs that often shut down without warning ... A man and a girl went out from Bar Harbor and did not get back until next day. Everyone knew...
...movie, therefore, is not just an innocent and harmless depiction of Billy Hayes' transformation "into an Everyman-type hero coping with the erosion of his identity in a nether world of sadism, greed, and madness." As abstract as Mr. Contrer as makes it sound, this world is one where "sadism, greed, and madness" are clearly portrayed as the intrinsic characteristics of a country and its people. "Midnight Express" may be a compelling story of personal struggle, but this comes at the expense of dehumanizing an entire nation...
With Stage II, Carter may not have bitten the bullet, but at least he bit the aspirin. The much debated new program is harmless enough, and it may give the President some time and space to do what needs to be done: cut the bloat in the budget, reduce costly regulation, encourage the Federal Reserve Board to let the money supply grow only slowly and steadily. That, and only that, can slow the price spiral...
HERE IS WISDOM: beware of harmless-sounding words: "registration," "hourly," "transit," "camp," and above all (if you are a writer)--"PROMOTION," "PRESS RELEASE," "URGENT--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
Tests show that the radiation level in the old building is harmless, but co-op members and University officials said they do not want to take chances with small children...