Word: harmlessness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...called 'fièvre aphteuse' in France, 'fiebre aftosa' in Spain, 'Maul-und-Klauenseuche' in Germany and 'mundog klovsyge' in Denmark. It is harmless to humans and does not even kill most infected animals. Yet foot-and-mouth disease was arousing anxiety throughout the world last week, and the virus that causes the ailment in pigs, sheep and cattle was closing borders, destroying livelihoods and bringing to a standstill much of the world's trade in beef, pork and lamb...
...group of teens is ever more watchful, ready to report any threat, no matter how ludicrous it sounds. It's unclear what kind of people graduate from high schools where some kids hurt so much they want to kill, while other kids fear so much they want to report harmless pranksters. But we already know that high school will never be the same...
...called fièvre aphteuse in France, fiebre aftosa in Spain, Maul-und-Klauenseuche in Germany and mundog klovsyge in Denmark. It is harmless to humans and does not even kill most infected animals. Yet foot-and-mouth disease was arousing anxiety throughout the world last week, and the virus that causes the ailment in pigs, sheep and cattle was closing borders, destroying livelihoods and bringing to a standstill much of the world's trade in beef, pork and lamb...
Instead, they've brought forth a pleasantly harmless modern rock record that...
...Water buffalo??!! Too bad Byrd did not have the wit to remark on television that "my old mom used to tell me, son, there are white water buffalo and black water buffalo." That would have left a national television audience in a cloud of harmless mystification...