Fortunately, her lump proved to be benign.

It all sort of started as a benign mistake, like penicillin.

How plausible is this argument? Can benign regulation really be bought?

First, any scientific discovery has benign consequences as well as dangerous ones.

The tumor in your leg is not consistent with a benign tumor.

Most people imagine orphanages as a benign environment that care for children.

Two stunt guys doing what I consider to be a rather benign stunt.

Benign advice now, profoundly mistaken. The whole world is engulfed in a revolution.

Surely we called upon Him before Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful.

Surely we called upon Him before Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful.

That will encourage the spread of relatively benign mutations of the most toxic varieties.

Formerly we had always prayed to Him. Surely He is Most Benign, Most Compassionate.

Formerly we had always prayed to Him. Surely He is Most Benign, Most Compassionate.

We used to supplicate Him aforetime. Indeed He is the All benign, the All merciful.

We used to supplicate Him aforetime. Indeed He is the All benign, the All merciful.

Since 9 11, more and more freedoms are being restricted in the name of defending liberty. New visa requirements and other obstacles to travel, more intimate data collected by governments, and the presence of video cameras everywhere at once benign and intrusive remind one more of George Orwell s Big Brother than of John Stuart Mill s On Liberty.

Since 9 11, more and more freedoms are being restricted in the name of defending liberty. New visa requirements and other obstacles to travel, more intimate data collected by governments, and the presence of video cameras everywhere at once benign and intrusive remind one more of George Orwell s Big Brother than of John Stuart Mill s On Liberty.

we were before ever calling upon Him surely He is the All benign, the All compassionate.'

we were before ever calling upon Him surely He is the All benign, the All compassionate.'

Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.

Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.

Newly developed tide energy technology was relatively inexpensive, ecologically benign and a reliable source of electricity.

The forces of nature can be benign, but at the same time destructive, unforgiving and unpredictable.

Benign disinflation means rising real incomes for lenders, pensioners, and workers, and falling energy prices for industry. All sectors of the economy will spend more, pushing up output and employment (and sustaining the price level, too).

Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign? Searching for answers, he examines a disgusting, fascinating case diarrhea.

All of these developments are now visible in the eurozone, particularly in its peripheral countries. Risk premiums started rising above benign levels in 2009, and then more strongly in 2011 2012, while capital flight became rampant in 2011.

Verily we were wont to pray Unto Him aforetime verily He! it is He, the Benign, the Merciful.'

Verily we were wont to pray Unto Him aforetime verily He! it is He, the Benign, the Merciful.'

There are now, however, more than 60 countries where the fertility rate is below replacement level. If this were true of all countries, the global population would start to decline after 2050 a development that would surely be benign.

Indeed we used to worship Him in our previous life indeed He only is the Benign, the Most Merciful.

Indeed we used to worship Him in our previous life indeed He only is the Benign, the Most Merciful.

If we treated China as an enemy, we were guaranteeing an enemy in the future. If we treated China as a friend, we could not guarantee friendship, but we could at least keep open the possibility of more benign outcomes.

Bio and cybertechnologies are environmentally benign in that they offer marvelous prospects, while, nonetheless, reducing pressure on energy and resources.

In previous times, such a situation would have been described as pre revolutionary. In today s world, the consequences may seem more benign, but they are no less worrisome a loss of solidarity, a return to nationalist insularity, and greater scope for political extremism.

But, as we have seen elsewhere in the region, it will prove far more difficult to put something benign and effective in its place. Civil war along sectarian lines could well predominate, or fighting between the various anti Assad opposition groups could erupt.

By increasing economic and cultural ties, diplomacy might unleash the soft power that could contribute to more gradual regime transformation over the longer term. Meanwhile, such an approach might avoid the costly use of force and buy time for a more benign outcome than what lies at the end of the current path of events.

But it s much cheaper, although forbidden, to use the old equipment and refill them with CFC s when needed than to buy new machines and use the more environmentally benign but more costly alternatives. As with any ban, a market was thus created and with it a business opportunity for well organized and environmentally reckless criminals.

I'm not suggesting that obesity is benign, but what I am suggesting is it may be the lesser of two metabolic evils.

But worrying signs about China s seemingly benign lending practices are emerging. Chinese financial assistance is tied to the extraction of natural resources, particularly oil and minerals. Environmentalists worry that without a more conscientious green component to Chinese lending, unchecked exploitation could lead to resource depletion.

More than 17 million farmers in roughly three dozen countries worldwide are using GM crop varieties to produce higher yields with fewer inputs and lower environmental impact. Most of these new varieties are designed to resist crop ravaging pests and diseases, so that farmers can adopt environmentally friendlier no till practices and use more benign herbicides.

United Nations peacekeeping, in almost all theatres, is dangerous, no matter how benign and peaceful conditions may appear to be at certain times.

The question of America s role in helping to produce a more benign world in 2030 has important implications for President Barack Obama as he approaches his second term. The world faces a new set of transnational challenges, including climate change, transnational terrorism, cyber insecurity, and pandemics.

But if the host needs to be mobile in order to transmit the pathogen, then it's the benign ones that tend to be the winners.

The second scenario is far less benign. In this case, it soon becomes clear that domestic support for the nuclear agreement was broad but thin.

Its presence is enough to support a benign self fulfilling prophecy. In other words, Draghi s bazooka has anesthetized markets, impairing their ability to assess risk.