Word: detract
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which the League should adopt. The participation of a few scattered football players in a game during Christmas vacation will not appreciably increase emphasis on the sport in the Ivy institutions. And since these particular games require the player's time only during vacations, they would not detract from class time...
Thomson, a long-time opponent of the new Forum group, last night admitted he had sent the letter but denied that his intention was "to detract in any way from the Political Forum." He added that the letter's purpose was to warn Bricker that "the Senator's appearance under the auspices of the clubs which invited him would be stacked greatly against his amendment...
Jordan discredited reports that he had charged Yale tackle Phil Tarasovic with playing "dirty football" when he tackled Crimson fullback Tony Gianelly on the opening kickoff. "Any comment which would detract from the play of both those teams would be out of place as far as I'm concerned," he said...
...fact that the rivalry could not be traced further back than 1919 will not detract from Friday's game at New Haven. It will be sufficient motivation for Crimson seniors Pete Churchill, John Hadik, Stacey Holmes, Bill Lingelbach, Denny Little and Hugh Sargent that they go into their final game without over having beaten Yale. Last year Yale won, 2 to 0; when they were sophomores the Elis triumphed, 3 to 0, and the Bulldogs edged the '56 freshman team 1 to 0 in November...
...society, Moliere's character has both comic and tragic elements, and there is some doubt (as the program notes point out) as to how much of the blame for Alceste's failure is his own and how much society's. Although this irresolution is somewhat troubling, it does not detract from the quality of the Poet's presentation. Davison makes the misanthrope's blend of frustration and courage more sympathetic than otherwise, and handles Wilbur's lively and facile translation with an easy authority that characterizes most of the other performances as well...