Mr. Morgenthau said Covenant House was "cooperating fully" and expressed concern that "inaccurate" press reports "may unfairly damage reputations and only impede the investigation."

The Government contends that Microsoft's contracts were mainly intended to unfairly damage Netscape, not to benefit consumers.

Playing them in public now, he said, would unfairly damage the defendants' right to a fair trial.

He said that publicly playing the tapes, which might not be admitted as evidence later, would unfairly damage the defendants' right to a fair trial.

On the other are those who say that unsubstantiated allegations can unfairly damage the reputations of innocent people.

He has denied wrongdoing and has said the information in the court papers would unfairly damage his reputation.

He has accused Mother Teresa of unfairly damaging the reputation of the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).

The law was enacted over doctors' objections that it would subject doctors to scrutiny that could unfairly damage reputations.

Second, Mr. McCain said, there was concern that senators might face frivolous attacks just before election that would unfairly damage their chances for victory.

The Committee on Personal Defense takes a dim view-a very dim view-of any action that unfairly damages the reputation or the social status of any individual citizen.