1.   Although a lowered credit rating would not necessarily cause economic harm in Japan, it could help raise the cost of borrowing and would be an enormous embarrassment.

2.   Among economists, fretting about inflation is beginning to give way to fretting about possible deflation and the economic harm that would come.

3.   And economist Paul Krugman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology disputed the claims of potential economic harm.

4.   And leading bankers are talking about the need to prevent economic harm.

5.   Arbitrary devotion to that target could do lasting economic harm.

6.   Black soot emissions have already nearly disappeared from Western industry without any economic harm.

7.   Billions of dollars have been cut from hundreds of federal programs, limiting enforcement of environmental and other regulations and causing economic harm to many communities.

8.   A tangible employment action in most cases inflicts direct economic harm.

9.   But Palestinians call it collective punishment, and some Israel officials acknowledge that it inflicts economic harm while doing little to improve security.

10.   Even those who see little economic harm in the buyout deals acknowledge significant cultural differences between local firms and their rivals in California.