Word: harmlessness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...however, Miller asked Lautner to let him resign from the force: he had been suspected of Communist activity, had been shunted to a harmless police post near Prospect Park. Brooklyn, and was afraid his wife was about to betray him. Lautner refused to let him quit: if New York's Communist-dominated American Labor Party gained more political power. Miller might well have become police commissioner. The Communist lieutenant accepted the verdict, stayed faithfully on duty until the department finally gathered enough solid evidence to cite him for trial. But Miller disappeared in a flash after that, and last...
Sister Carolina, in whom femininity had been attenuated to a harmless affectation, did the embroidery. In the entire region of Florence, no pair was so successful...
...active ingredient in the brew made by the Navahos from peyote buttons, which medical missionaries condemn (TIME, June 18, 1951), though some anthropologists insist that the stuff is harmless and none of the missionaries' business...
...With chances of victory almost nil, England's practical aim was to stay at bat all day, thus pull out another draw. For 5 hrs. 45 min. Willie Watson stayed at his wicket, scored a drawn-out century (100 runs), finally left six fellow batsmen to "stonewall" (hit harmless, perfunctory grounders) for the game's final 40 minutes. At 6:30 p.m. the game was called-a draw-amidst lusty cheers...
Bomb blasts, loud but mostly harmless, have shaken Buenos Aires 15 times in the last 2½ months. Juan Peron, foiled in his frantic attempts to catch the culprits, lashed out at all his enemies, even hinted that the U.S. supplied the explosives. But last week Peron got his hands on some authentic terrorists...