Word: harmlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Americans and Lebanese worried about another possible kamikaze assault in Beirut. Lebanon's civil aviation authority has instructed planes heading for Beirut Airport to avoid Baabda. If a wayward aircraft does appear over the presidential compound, security forces have little time to decide whether the plane carries harmless civilians or terrorists with explosives. "It is not a situation we relish," says a U.S. official. "I'm afraid it's a question of shooting first and asking questions later...
...sorry Barrows' bordello was closed. I hope her 3,000 clients will now become proponents of legalized prostitution. With all the social problems we must face, it is hypocritical to focus on this harmless "crime...
...Professor of Biology Rolla M. Tryon and his wife, Lecturer in Biology Alice F. Tryon-two of the world's experts on the fern-individual research on the fuzzy, apparently harmless plant created a husband-wife team which has gone on to make pioneer advances in understanding the dual-natured fern...
Since they first arrived, fern studies have progressed in quantum leaps, and scientists have learned that the innocent-looking plant is not as harmless as it appears...
...exploiting her pillow talk in a sensational and highly profitable exposé of her husband. Derek Blore, the Right Honorable Member for Wheat-bridge East, got the ball rolling with furtive visits to a prostitute named Bernadette for his ritual whipping. Blore enjoyed fancying himself a naughty schoolboy, a harmless diversion were it not for the Soviet agents who recorded his extracurricular activities on film. Blackmail, conspiracy, espionage and scandal ensued...