Word: detract
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...inconsequence of his journey does not in the least detract from the impression (rather reluctantly given) that he is, after all, the embodiment of some old English virtues: heroic without knowing that he is, eloquently monosyllabic, honest, scrupulous, sane, reserved, decent. He deserves more room than he gets...
...quite true, said Acheson, that Alger Hiss "became, and he remains, my friend. I do not detract from that when I state that Alger Hiss was not my assistant." It was Donald Hiss, not Alger, who had been his assistant. Said Acheson: "This whole matter of confusion of two men has arisen out of the testimony of my former colleague, Mr. Adolf Berle [TIME, Jan. 17] ... Mr. Berle's memory has gone badly astray...
This is not to detract a whit from the coaching or the Crisler system that sprung Crimson runners around end time and time again for long gains; the "Michigan efficiency" is probably the key to the season as a whole. But the key to Saturday's score was more nearly found by Red Smith in his Herald Tribune story...
...good opportunity for commending the dining hall management on their success in keeping the board rate at its former level, while continuing to buy the same quality food as last year, and while tuition and rent have been raised. Justified complaints, aggravated by the compulsory 21-meal contract, detract from the major accomplishment of serving food cheaply, however...
...secret services in a democracy work under disadvantages which those in totalitarian states are spared. A free press which loves sensations and spy stories, a prying Congress which controls the purse strings, and a foreign policy which is inclined to vary sharply with public opinion and administration polities, all detract from the Machiavellian efficiency which is considered the ultimate goal of espionage. On the other hand, a too independent and efficient intelligence service which cannot be controlled by its own government, will always develop a tendency to make its own policy. Such a bureau, the prime example of which...