Word: detract
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This is, to say the least, unfortunate. This business of him who is without sin throwing the first stone may be all very well, but a false idea of politeness has detracted and still does detract from the greatest good of the greatest number--the vaudeville artist of today cannot be trusted to take absence of applause as a request for his departure, especially as someone in the audience (and he needs to be spoken to, too) always thinks everything is funny...
...left as an ordinary passenger and he returned as one. He has no desire to detract in any way from whatever Mr. Ekins did; he merely was not interested in it, any more than a man entered in a walking race would feel himself in competition with a runner who passed him on his course. Mr. Ekins is to be congratulated that he circled the globe in 18 days, 14 hr. and 56 min. Mr. Kieran holds the distinction, for whatever it may be worth, of having circled the globe in the shortest time using only the facilities of established...
...first of the eight concerts by the Boston Symphony in its Sanders Theatre series will be given tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The program is the same as that given last week-end in Boston; but that does not detract from its charms. The Haydn Symphony in B flat (no. 102) which opens the concert is a masterpiece--Haydn at his very best. It is followed by Debussy's three descriptive sketches, "La Mer," and by Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...
...Convention adopted its political resolutions, couched in a churchly laudamus style : "We reaffirm our faith in American institutions, particularly our faith in the Constitution. . . . We praise that document. . . . We praise. . . . We further praise. . . Lastly we praise the Constitution in its entirety and inclusive of its amendments. . . . Finally, lest specification detract from the fullness of our sanction, we publish our unreserved and unqualified endorsements of all public acts, radio addresses and statements of our leader, pledging our resources and our activities in his support and in support of our 16 principles even as he has thrown into the battle every ounce...
Another problem with which the Group IV man has to cope is the extent of his interest in outside activities, which detract from study time and yet are worthy. It is not a question of handing out football and hockey scholarships indiscriminately, but of recognizing qualities besides those of intellect--qualities which show themselves in a man's participation in various extracurricular activities. Well-rounded men, thoroughly capable of serving society, are what Harvard tries to produce; and that aim certainly will not be furthered by sending scholars forth to delve exclusively in ancient archives, when society needs...