Word: detract
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...somewhat sloppy Valentina is Rodgers and Hammerstein's eulogy of the theatre, "Me and Juliet." The show has its hits, but it also has songs like "The Big, Black Giant," which can only detract from the composers' reputation. Joan McCracken makes the whole business worth the splashy effect...
Once I get to the game, I'll trade with the people next to me so that we six can sit together or at least in couples, but that doesn't detract from the ridiculous and completely negative attitude of the H.A.A. Robert Terry...
Bunyan's Way. The imperfection of the instrument does not detract from the nobility of the aim provided its imperfection is recognized and admitted. Many who went on the Crusades were actuated by base motives or were led into ignoble behavior, but the Crusades still remained a noble enterprise. It is the same today. Because Chiang was corrupt, it does not necessarily follow that he must not now be supported; because Rhee can behave like a villain, it does not follow that none of us who were associated with the defense of South Korea may hold up our heads...
MacLeish made no changes in the original radio script of "The Trojan Horse." This presents a major directing problem. "Voices can describe action on the radio," MacLeish said, "but when both are present together on a stage, they sometimes detract from each other". This problem has been solved by the Poets group, he added...
...Paris, after serving as an official U.S. representative at Queen Elizabeth's coronation, Editor Fleur (Look) Cowles had an explanation for the demure grey dress she wore to the ceremony: "I dressed down so as not to detract from the Queen. I told Valentina to make me a simple dress that would blend inconspicuously with the color of the Abbey pillars...