As the days stretch into weeks, he becomes something of a neighborhood character, a benign, eccentric presence whose watchful, diffident manner arouses sympathy and mild curiosity from other habitués of the area.
The accurate prediction of the malignant or benign character of a lesion plays a crucial role for the patient, but false-negative and false-positive results may occur.
For example, Samuel, although he's a slave owner, seems at first like a somewhat benign character.
This method is of great value because of its environmentally benign character, easy handling, high yields, convenient operation, and green.
A variety of diacylhydrazine derivatives were designed and synthesized in recent years due to their unique action mechanism, simple structure, and environmental benign character.
But the benign character of many of Mr. Mitchell's interiors has brought him detractors in the fiercely competitive world of Los Angeles interior design.
A more benign character is coming to New York as well, in a three-way trade: Curtis Granderson, late of the Tigers, will be securing center field for the Yankees.
In this paper, the problem of implications of time delay feedback control of a two-dimensional supersonic lifting surface on the flutter boundary and on its character, that is, benign or catastrophic, is addressed.
The novel's literary claims are shaky; and Jiang Rong's apparent wish to transform China's national character through a benign conservationism is compromised by his boy-scoutish arguments for toughness.
However, the indication of resection for this tumor remains unclear because of its benign character and rarity.
