Word: harmlessness
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...sold in the United States. The strain of corn, known as StarLink, has been altered so that it can "naturally" produce a toxin for corn borers, one of the more significant pests that plague corn crops. The pesticide produced by the artificially enhanced corn, however, is not quite as harmless to human health as initially predicted: the transplanted gene also codes for a human allergen. Recognizing the uncertainty, if not the danger, involved with this GM organism, the U.S. government revoked the right of Aventis--the company that produces StarLink--to plant the seeds once the strain was detected...
Insofar as Harvard teaches you the cultural accoutrements for the "good life," this lesson is harmless in its effect, yet when it imparts the belief that the "good life" is somehow a better life, the lesson can be harmful and is perhaps better left untaught. Fundamentally, there is nothing inherently "good" about the lifestyle that Harvard promotes. It is one lifestyle among many, and the only thing that distinguishes it from the rest is, of course, that most people can't afford it. The "good life" ain't cheap, and, after our time at Harvard, affording it can be quite...
...Christopher shrugs off Baker's remark as "just harmless banter from an over-rated Texas fixer." He adds that he "understand[s] why [Baker] is so eager to put another Bush in the White House since he couldn't keep the last...
...FFPF's definition of "family friendly" sounds like a recipe for harmless pabulum (it calls, vaguely, for "uplifting" shows that won't embarrass or offend an "average" viewer). But it worked: Gilmore turns out to be neither crass nor cloying. It is unapologetic about its untraditional family unit yet almost radically innocent. Imagine--a WB comedy about a smart teen who spends more time studying than scoping guys...
...English-born Koppel said presidential candidates' families are fair journalistic game when the candidate "injects their wife or children into the campaign even for the most harmless reasons...