Word: harmlessness
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...personnel carriers parked by the side of the road, ready to be stolen or sabotaged by anyone who dared. "Mind if we take one for spin?" I called out the departing troops. "We're leaving our guard dog," answered one, barefoot at the time, as he pointed to a harmless-looking stray. "And he's a real beast...
...plants, flowers and trees, but what so many avid gardeners don't know is that by introducing an unfamiliar species to their local topography, they could be triggering a domino effect of significant environmental damage. Though most of the thousands of non-indigenous plants on the market are harmless, the few varieties that cause trouble have sprouted in every corner of the U.S. landscape...
...place where romance still flourishes: the Internet. Highly restricted under Saddam, Internet access is now unfettered, allowing many young Iraqis to communicate with one another and with the rest of the world. Arabic forums and bulletin boards are teeming with Iraqis looking for friendship-and perhaps a little harmless flirtation. Those who can afford their own computers and webcams can have face-to-face conversations. Skype, the popular Internet phone service, has more than 40,000 users in Iraq...
...instead the FDA saves its fire for the high-risk goods that have caused health problems. That's what happened in early June with Chinese-made toothpaste. Following 100 deaths in Panama linked to cough syrup containing diethylene glycol (the ingredient had been mislabeled as glycerin, which is harmless), the FDA issued an import alert on all toothpaste made in China, tested the tubes it could find for the toxin and recalled the questionable batches. "Obviously it's not possible for us to test every product that is coming in to make sure it's meeting every standard we have...
Icky Thump's lunacy is harmless, of course, but when a band this good screws around in its prime--even when part of that band's charm is based on screwing around--it feels a little wasteful. The White Stripes are too weird and talented to be boring, but it sounds like they might be a little bored...