Sentences with phrase «for harm as»

And so it turns out that each time we invent something, even as simple as the stone hammer that our ancestors invented tens of thousands of years ago, that with that hammer we could use it for harm as well as for good.

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Some of those schools, however, have been accused of creating as much economic harm as help: students have reported falling deep into debt to pay for classes that they said had failed to deliver what they had promised.

The issue, as Yeo said, is that medical technology has the potential to save or harm someone's life — and for that reason, doctors recommending a Theranos test want to be absolutely certain that it works.

However, just as you can't spend your entire life inside the house, cowering at the thought of contracting a disease, you can't avoid the internet for fear of harming your computer.

As Agnieszka notes, although having a high valuation doesn't sound like the worst thing for a startup (it is a bit of an ego boost after - all), it could seriously harm a company.

Tailored beauty ads are unlikely to do any harm (except perhaps to less digitally savvy lipstick manufacturers), but the idea that we may soon be living in information bubbles so finely crafted as to suit our very personalities and bombarded with political messages designed to push our specific buttons, has worrying implications for civic conversation.

As the DOJ's complaint against the merger argues, the resulting conglomerate might «use its control of Time Warner's popular programming as a weapon to harm competition» by raising the prices it charges other cable networks for Time Warner entertainment or limiting distribution of content from other producerAs the DOJ's complaint against the merger argues, the resulting conglomerate might «use its control of Time Warner's popular programming as a weapon to harm competition» by raising the prices it charges other cable networks for Time Warner entertainment or limiting distribution of content from other produceras a weapon to harm competition» by raising the prices it charges other cable networks for Time Warner entertainment or limiting distribution of content from other producers.

And just as Trump's tweets are simultaneously artifice and impactful, Bremmer predicts Trump's appearance in Davos holds the potential for real harm.

That's how many examples are on a «list of the harmed,» people who have offered personal stories of harm from fracking, as tallied by the advocacy group Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air.

Some will see little harm in setting hard targets for things such as exports and start - ups.

Tariffs ultimately act as a good thing for a small group of industries and harm everyone else.

However, as consistently working long hours is a pretty terrible idea for lots of other well established reasons (assuming your family is in a financial position to avoid it), there's probably no harm in adding one more possible drawback to the pile.

«My assessment is that U.S. sanctions eventually bring more harm to Europe than to Russia, also as a result of our counter-sanctions that create burden costs for the European economy,» Arkady Dvorkovich, told CNBC on the sidelines of the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy.

Earlier this month, Carrey — who has gained a reputation for being a political artist on Twitter — tweeted a drawing of Hannity as a WWE wrestler fighting InfoWars host Alex Jones in front of an audience, writing «if you believe wrestling is real u may even believe Fox News,» but «wrestling doesn't harm viewers.»

Companies take shortcuts instead of putting forth the requisite effort (such as Wells Fargo creating thousands of fake accounts for their customers) which harm their own bottom lines.

For example, some people will have a very strong inclination to dismiss any claims that marijuana may cause harm as nothing more than old - fashioned reefer madness.

Also, there is no substantial law on who can claim what objects or resources in space, beyond the 1967 Outer Space Treaty that declared space open for most kinds of exploitation, so long as «states» clean up their mess, leaving no contamination or dangerous objects that could harm others.

The group wrote in a recent assessment that the Coalition should «avoid, to the extent feasible, airstrikes as a primary tactic, and consider tactical alternatives — for example, properly trained SDF conducting more door - to - door clearing operations to minimize civilian harm.»

The triggering events constituting «good reason» and «cause» were negotiated to provide protection to us for unwarranted termination of employment that could cause harm to us as well as to provide protection to the executive.

It also should serve as a reminder of how important it is to prepare for unforeseen events — ones that not only can inflict personal harm but financial damage as well.

It means that the obligations the law imposes on the corporation, such as liability for harms caused by the firm's operations, are not generally extended to the shareholders.

In a letter to irate classmates, Zuckerberg gives his first apology to make the news: «I hope you understand, this is not how I meant for things to go, and I apologize for any harm done as a result of my neglect to consider how quickly the site would spread and its consequences thereafter... I definitely see how my intentions could be seen in the wrong light.»

If we look hard enough, he argues, we can find a reason to feel grateful for any relationship — even when someone does us harm, as that person helps us appreciate our own vulnerability.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Seen as an accelerator for harm not just inside of the nation's rust belt, the incoming administration made it a top priority.

«A new U.S. rule aimed at restoring consumers» ability to band together to sue financial companies has survived its first challenge, as a top banking regulator on Monday said he would not petition for it to be suspended... «The rule is a well thought - out response to the serious consumer harm of forced arbitration,» said Brian Marshall, policy counsel for advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform.»

Instead of supporting this attempt — a drive that has the positive consequence for world peace that it will limit U.S. military adventurism (much as the Vietnam War finally forced the dollar off gold in 1971), Krugman is using the crisis to attack China — as if its success is what is harming U.S. labor.

«But it's clear now we didn't do enough — focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well, and that goes for fake news, foreign interference and hate speech, in addition to application developers and data privacy.»

«We didn't focus enough on preventing abuse and thinking through how people could use these tools to do harm as well, and that goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy.»

Again, if one actually believes that zero interest policy is helpful to the economy more than it creates harm through financial stability risks (and we certainly view the risks as dominant), it follows that the FOMC may indeed be put on hold for a while.

While Judaism contains the oldest known humane limits on the use of animals (e.g., harming an animal is punishable, slaughter must be painless, they must be fed before one's children, they are to rest on the Sabbath, etc.), it does not eliminate animals for use as food, manufacture, or for ritual.

It is so sad that Islam is marked today by terrorists that I can tell you for sure they are NOT Muslims by any means; any one who harms any person or thinks of destruction to others is simply not a Muslim — Islam = Peace and not hate and those who practice islam as God want to be practiced know that God sai «Love for your brother what your love for thy self».

It does not mean settling for what's second best because a group of people, the majority of which are not willing to make the ultimate sacrifice of putting themselves in harm's way for others, are thinking about themselves as individuals and putting that ahead of the majority best interests.

Of those, God told one to steal a car and go to Minnesota to receive divine blessings (stopped by police on the way); another was «told» to spend all her money on a plane ticket as there was a grant waiting for her in another state to go to college with (there wasn't, and she had to call relatives to rescue her); another was told to cut himself; another was told to harm people (but only avoided doing this because he called police and was put inpatient).

I'm all for letting you live your religious life as long as you don't harm others, but your religion contains words from your «god» that command harm to others.

As long as she's not telling these patients that they'd better find Jesus before taking their last breath or burn for eternity then I guess no harm donAs long as she's not telling these patients that they'd better find Jesus before taking their last breath or burn for eternity then I guess no harm donas she's not telling these patients that they'd better find Jesus before taking their last breath or burn for eternity then I guess no harm done.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

There was no money in the truth but now we know the truth and it boils down to two simple statements, Do No Harm and Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself, two statements for the sides of all buses, trains, planes, cars and brains.

Agree mankind brain is his computer and in order for this computer to work it requires all the other working physical systems and senses... this computer is programed as to when it should stop working naturally but man shortened the life of that time given by destroying their health or risking their physical body into physical harm...

It does not matter what someone believes, since your belief does not effect what is actually there, and since what I propose as a possibility, you very well could be harming people with YOUR prayers for the wrong god.

«Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me» «Love your neighbour as yourself» «If anyone harms a child, it would be better if he had been thrown into the millpond with the millstone around his neck» «Let he little ones come to me for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven»

If it's working for this family, and others: WONDERFUL... if it's not your choice: WONDERFUL... but what gives others the right to judge someone else's choices as right or wrong if they are not harming others in the process?

«I pray for his soul and his family just as I pray for those he harmed.

* worship God, whose will is and who has always yearned for us to...... be free and independent;... think;... be curious;... be intelligent and wise;... value knowledge over ignorance and compassion over knowledge;... be creative;... grow and mature;... live long healthy satisfying lives;... live non-violently without vengeance;... be generous;... be hospitable;... be compassionate;... do no harm;... heal and rehabilitate and restore;... forgive and reconcile and include all and have all participate;... be good stewards of all resources;... live here and now as one family;... live in a loving intimate relationship with God;... be transformed through resurrection; and... be the kingdom of God.

«When taking vows as elders at Coral Ridge, each individual commits before God to strive for the purity, peace, and unity of the church,» Coral Ridge stated to CT. «We are saddened that these two elders failed in their vows by withholding this information regarding our former senior pastor, which has since caused many families and churches much harm.»

Liberal Wesleyans decided that an emphasis on the Second Blessing as an immediate possibility for all believers did more harm than good.

I can point to this as grounds for accusing the biblical deity of immoral behavior, e.g. I would not unnecessarily harm another person's other wise innocent children because I would not want anyone (mortal or deity) to unnecessarily harm my own children.

To say that sin at least harmed men is beside the point; for what harm did it do to harm men, parts of a system of reality that as a whole or in its ultimate reality was incapable of loss or gain?

He talks about the «goodness as we possess» (such as altruistic acts) and says that even if religion did no other harm, its carefully nurtured divisiveness is enough to make it «a significant force for evil in the world.»

There can be no harm in setting a terminological locus for alleged distinctions, admitting that they may assume every value of significance from zero to infinity; but there is very definite harm in depriving apparent distinctions of terminological and systematic locus, since their value is then determined as zero by fiat.