Word: detract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lyrics make the evening vibrant cozy and fun in a way unobtainable on the impersonal Mainstage unfortunately, the orchestra gives the traditionally mediocre performance of most House orchestras; but since most people know the score by heart the fact that the players occasionally miss a note does not detract at all from the performance...
Residents of the area, known as Mid Cambridge, have charged that a bridge spanning Broadway would reduce sun light, create a traffic hazard and in general detract from the aesthetics of the neighborhood...
THERE ARE A FEW SCENES in which the lines don't detract from the emotions the actors portray. As they flicker by. Thomas succeeds in delineating his pain. When he gets out of a shower, shivering and wet. he reaches out to an empty towel rack and he calls out "Mom, I need a towel" It is the fleeting moments like this that give the film its most potent and forceful moments. Unfortunately Schatzberg's attempt to create a collage of scenes in which Andrew and his father struggle with their loss is frequently uneven and ultimately unsatisfying...
...think that there are many people who explicitly and cynically manipulate the Review for their own ambitions," says Scott L. Nelson '81, outgoing Review president But, he adds. "The problem of mixed motives is one that does detract from our ability to do what we're supposed...
...rest of "Chant," however, recalls the monumental medieval style of "Fantasia" with its variations on a horn call theme. Though the horn sounds are fantastic (as they should be, played by the London Symphony Orchestra), the electronic "bending," the twinkling synthesizer background in place of the militaristic snare detract from its medieval effect These same qualities adapt the album, however, very suitably to the Moon...