Word: hurtful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...works. "There are plenty of signs," said he, "of a return of that old philosophy that the object of government is to help big business . . . This Administration has raised interest rates all across the board. That may be to the benefit of the moneylenders, but it surely does hurt the rest of the people . . . Our great public-housing program, which was helping to clear America's slums, has been condemned to death. Funds for enforcement of the minimum-wage law, which protects the lowest-paid of our workers, have been drastically cut. And the farmer, who lives with greater...
...acres of wheat) asked a basic question: "Why should any farmer vote to cut the wheat price support in half?" Said Tom Graham, who plants 600 acres of wheat on his 3,000-acre farm north of Washington: "If wheat price supports fell to 50% it would hurt not only the farmer but every businessman in this county." Added Edna Dougherty, whose husband has 30 acres of wheat on his 120-acre farm: "After all, unions protect the laboring man, and these controls are what protect the farmers...
...food and water from helicopters in the hills; they evacuated the wounded and buried the dead. More food, drugs, clothing, even prefabricated houses were also on the way. From Germany, the U.S. airlifted three tons of blood plasma. The toll: some 600 islanders dead, 700 seriously injured, 4,000 hurt and 100,000 homeless...
...resident physician at Cincinnati General Hospital, was alarmed by a patient who complained that his heart was making a noise "like a paddle wheel on a river." Dr. Bean could hear the noise clearly at a distance of two feet; through the stethoscope it was so loud that it hurt his ears. The patient recovered without any special treatment. But the experience made Dr. Bean a student of booming hearts...
...borrowed for the emergency. They talked earnestly with errant Anna on the front porch. "All of a sudden they got around Anna and carried her off," said Emma. "You could see from Anna's face looking back that she was scared to death. But they didn't hurt her. They all went away...