Word: inflicting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that deals with emotional suffering is far looser than that governing libel. In general, all that is required is that the offending act be intentional, outrageous, and inflict serious emotional damage. By those measures, many political satires and cartoons could be targets. Declares Arthur Strickland, one of Flynt's attorneys: "Reagan could sue Art Buchwald. George Bush could sue Garry Trudeau. Bush could say, 'Whenever I read Doonesbury I'm a basket case for the rest of the day,' and have a cause of action. Where does it stop?" Flynt's lawyers plan...
Lewis: I think it is very difficult. There're some things that newspapers can do, perhaps even broadcasters--a little more conciousness of the capacity to inflict injury, a little more concern about that... I think a recognition of the kind that Howard Simons just gave us if you do that to some private individual you may have to pay, instead of always having a knee-jerk reaction...
However, students are liable for any damage they inflict on the walls by using the tape. "The longer tape stays up, the more possibility [there is] of damage," Dehaven said...
Harris' plight is typical of the pain that rising prices still inflict on many shoppers despite a string of glowing Government reports showing that inflation has been tamed. Last week the Labor Department provided more relatively good numbers. It said the C.P.I. rose at a 4.2% rate during the twelve months that ended in September. In another encouraging move for the U.S. economy, many major U.S. banks lowered their prime lending rates, which had ranged...
This is a minority report in a book about a minority. On most of its pages, hope prevails. Some of these men have witnessed the very worst that people can inflict on one another; they were among the offenders abroad and the victims where they were born and raised. With such unique knowledge, they persist in believing that life need not be as grim as they have seen it. The vision they have earned by their experience finally transcends race; their dramatic monologues bear witness to humanity...