You get mad at the jokes, but the seriously damaging things you just laugh off.

The analogy is with a paper cut; small, not seriously damaging, but surprisingly painful.

After receiving reassurance from Danvers, however, Howard is recalled and performs much better, seriously damaging Russom's case.

Self-regulation on this issue is obviously failing-and in a seriously damaging way for children.

Something which, at the time, convinced Kiku that the Hroshli never had had any weapons capable of seriously damaging Earth.

One study found that about 79 percent of reports contain some wrong information, and as many as 25 percent have seriously damaging errors [source: CNNMoney].

Unfortunately, Albert enters the clock to explore it without permission, and inadvertently damages it seriously, thus rendering it inoperable and seriously damaging Trundle's professional reputation.

Where these effects are likely to be seriously damaging, we must also be prepared to block the new technology.

Firstly, we have the common fisheries policy, with its seriously damaging quota system.

This, lumped on top of the loss of duty-free, will put the ferries out of business and will have a seriously damaging effect on freight to and from Britain.