Word: harms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dickens and a generation after him slept heading toward the north because they thought that they might suffer harm while lying criss-cross to the earth's magnetic field. To insulate themselves from that imagined magnetic effect people stood their beds on glass, "nonconducting" casters...
...Tarka goes, leaving the big house empty for Cooper and Sten to utilize in falling in love. When Cooper's wife returns the harm is already done. There is a surprising tragic end which we wont spoil...
...Moscow's All-Russian Wool Institute, a "depilatory'' was developed which, when mixed with a sheep's food, loosens the wool, saves the expense of shearing, increases the yield, does not harm the sheep...
...Fisticuffer Braddock continued to fight any opponents he could get. Putting on weight as he grew older, he graduated from a first-rate light heavyweight into a second-rate heavyweight. A few surprising victories over highly touted prospects like "Tuffy"' Griffiths and John Henry Lewis did him more harm than good by making managers of other fighters wary of him, limiting his adversaries to third-and fourth-raters. Several minor victories in a row brought Braddock's name up for discussion this winter in the heavyweight elimination tournament currently being conducted by Madison Square Garden Corp. He received...
Under cover of the ensuing darkness highly organized criminal gangs held all London in a spell of fear. The only protection against them was a handful of aged watchmen who were primarily interested in keeping out of harm's way. In the suburbs there weren't even watchmen, and to get, an unarmed coach into the city after dark was almost a miracle...