Word: detriment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Goyette, director of Harvard's Planning Office, says the city has urged use of the area for parking, but Harvard, he said, is not "favorably disposed." Goyette also notes that parking lot operation costs "substantial amounts"--not to mention paving, which he sees as an "eyesore" and a "detriment to the environment." Also opposed to a parking lot in the area is Donald C. Moulton, assistant vice president for community affairs, who cites a joint Harvard-Cambridge study that he says favors parking areas on the periphery of the Square, not in pockets off of the Square...
...National Audubon Society has leased out gas and oil rights on its hitherto pristine Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary in Louisiana. Washington, D.C., Attorney H. David Rosenbloom, an expert on the social aspects of investments, drew the obvious moral: "If your investments are operating to the detriment of the things for which you stand, there's a question as to how much good you're doing...
...life. "These people do not have real decisions to make. They concern themselves chiefly with appearance and image. If they fall, they must move on. Inevitably their lives are hollow, their values shallow," Kraft admits that sometimes, "on the campaign level," politicians may concern themselves with image to the detriment of the people, but most of American politics and American life is characterized by "different, indeed opposite features." One wonders what he was doing from 1968 to 1974, or whether he ever cast his syndicated eye upon the White House transcripts, but aside from this, one gets the sinking feeling...
Critics complain that Engman's emphasis on antitrust may mire the FTC in years of litigation, to the detriment of its consumer watchdog activities. But defenders of his legal activism point to the fact that for the first time in years, top law-school graduates are seeking jobs at the FTC. One current question in Washington is how long Engman will be there to lead them. It would be no surprise to some Engman watchers if, when Michigan Democratic Senator Philip Hart retires after his current term, Native Son Engman tries for his seat...
...world's third largest economy pumped up faster so that the Japanese can buy more foreign products. At a recent meeting of the 24-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, Japan was criticized indirectly for being overly preoccupied with its domestic economy to the detriment of other Asian nations; those countries have grown dependent on Japanese growth for their own prosperity. Fukuda recognizes that Japan can ill afford beggar-thy-neighbor policies. "From now on, we all have to cooperate," he concedes. "But the first priority is stabilizing the situations within each country." Meaning: Japan...