In December, Malcolm Selsdon of the House of Lords introduced a "Subterranean Development Bill" to address concerns over damage to neighboring properties, soil erosion, loss of privacy during construction and financial concerns for homeowners who try to sell or rent their homes while a neighbor is digging.
The overriding sentiment expressed in the article concerns posssible damage to a child's self-esteem if they are not placed on the Major League team.
Mr. Roe, former manager of the shuttle engineering office at the Johnson Space Center, had been criticized for not responding more aggressively to concerns about damage to the Columbia on its last mission.
"Beyond the discriminatory treatment of political rallies, the suggestion that concerns about damage to the grass can justify the closing of Central Park to political rallies raises fundamental questions about the use of public space in New York".
Editors of the 184-year-old journal had publicly voiced concerns about damage to its reputation and faced difficulty recruiting academic contributors who objected to Reed's involvement in arms fairs.
One reason for the increased pressure now is that a 1998 deal between San Diego and the Imperial Valley collapsed in recent months over environmental concerns about damage to the Salton Sea.
Parents choosing to withdraw their children from a school trip to a mosque over fears they would witness "guns and violence" have been told by governors that any absences will not be approved, amid concerns over damage to community relations.
Once again an account of NASA's response to concerns about damage to the space shuttle Columbia during its final takeoff reminds me of a rule I was taught as a freshman engineer during the 1950's: "Those who trust in luck will have plenty of it -- all bad".
Concerns included; damage to structures and buildings; surface cracks; erosion and slope instability; disruption of surface and groundwater with the possibility of salinization; increased soil wetness and ponding; access to fields, disrupted farming patterns; and depressed crop yields.
Government officials immediately expressed concerns about damage to national security, international relations and military personnel because of the information contained in the material.
