Word: hurtful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tawdry practices of our fast evaporating daily press, a press monopolistic in many area, the injury done to a human life under such a jurisprudence can be as great, or greater, than the danger of a criminal prosecution. The District Attorney is not the only instrument for creating preventable hurt...
Symington: Do you believe that recent fiscal manipulations in the Department of Defense . . . are going to hurt the further development of the Air Force...
...around Florida in 1950, it concluded: After making a huge contribution to Warren's campaign, "Johnston and his tracks seem to enjoy immunity from state-level inquiry." Last year, using the Kefauver ammunition, Dan McCarty got elected governor. He wasted no time in framing a proposal that would hurt: an increase in the state's take at dog-racing tracks from 5% to an average of 7.07%, at the expense of the track, not the bettor. Although Johnston's lobbyists almost got the bill killed, McCarty rammed it through the legislature...
...took on fuel and four new wheels, all in 49 seconds. He lost the lead momentarily, but five laps later he had it back. The heat and the grind began to take their toll. Cars broke down, and seven swerved into spectacular accidents in which no one was seriously hurt. Worn-out drivers turned their cars over to relief men. After 70 laps Carl Scarborough, 38, dropped out. Later that day, he died of heat exhaustion...
...Reed quickly rounded up the Republicans on his own committee, who realized that their prestige would be seriously hurt if the House leadership made a complete end run around them. Said Pennsylvania's Republican Representative Dick Simpson: "Let's grab the ball." Unanimously, the 14 agreed to hold hearings on extending the excess profits tax, as Ike requested...