Word: hurts
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...considered at all, is vastly underestimated I think, and even if the economic effects are slight, the example set by Harvard will have lasting value both in South Africa as during the Olympics, and although no one would argue that denial of the broadcast rights to South Africa hurt the regime economically or in any "substantial" way, the news was front page for weeks and the effect was tremendously successful...
...Democratic candidates are increasingly concerned that Mondale will drag them down with him. The only Massachusetts congressional candidate to invite Mondale to appear in the state so far was a Republican, Senate Candidate Raymond Shamie, who figured perversely that a visit by the top of the Democratic ticket would hurt his Democratic opponent. In Tennessee, Republican Senate Candidate Victor Ashe offered to donate $5 to the favorite charity of his Democratic opponent, Congressman Albert Gore, if Gore just mentioned Mondale's name...
...prominent surgeon was the prime suspect in an attempted murder; as it turned out, the man was never charged. More recently Merola identified an elderly woman as a suspect in a highly publicized child-abuse case only to have her cleared by a grand jury. "The woman did get hurt," he admitted. "We're not perfect...
Nonetheless, the surprising robustness of the economic expansion so far has hurt the credibility of the doomsayers. Says Economist Edward Yardeni of Prudential-Bache Securities, who admits to being uncertain about the impact of the budget: "After hearing most economists shout wolf for two years about the deficit, people are starting to wonder whether the supply-siders might be right after all." The swift recovery has made it difficult for Mondale to exploit the budget issue against Reagan...
...Science reported: "Harvard delays in reporting fraud." This was a case of fraud (Jan 29) in medical research. This hurt all of us. This failure lent support for the most common excuse: "everyone else does it". Harvard does it too. Our standards of excellence should not--must not--delay in reporting fraud or in swiftly correcting the reasons for the delay and the fraud...