Word: detract
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Lapses that might have cut short the careers of some scarcely detract from Paco Malgesto's prestige. One day, as he walked through a bullfight crowd with a portable microphone, he held out the mike to a stranger, who said, "You are a stupid bastard." "No sir," replied Paco, "it is you who are the bastard," and handed the mike back to the stranger. The pair traded obscenities for five minutes. That one cost Paco a 1,000-peso fine...
Garfein and Willingham present only the bare facts of the story and refuse to construct any sort of frame of reference which would help in interpreting it. While a pure thriller in many ways, the film cries out for interpretation. This necessity, however, does not in any way detract from the quality of the picture, but in fact adds an extra dimension to its interest. If I may still be permitted to voice a bit of sociological jargon of my own, the story of De Paris seems at bottom to represent the conflict between a very tightly organized society...
Many of the week's scare headlines were made by Egyptian-Israeli power moves, but this did not detract from the seriousness of the situation. For in any such game, there is always the possibility that one of the players will mistake the other's bluff for the real thing, throw down his cards, kick over the table and start shooting...
Certain direction may, of course, be given to Ec 1, but this should not detract from other possible directions which might be taken if the information were provided and unprejudiced analysis undertaken. Let the Harvard Man never be a stereotype, but always a quality. William Cuthbert Brady...
...record of impetuous, harmful, demagogic action still stands. But in the light of all that has happened since Oct. 29, the U.S. does not, as of now, accept the British-French thesis that Nasser must go. If he is toppled, who will replace him? Would this replacement enhance or detract from the much-needed stability in the Middle East? The U.S. is willing to grant him some positive credit if he sticks by his newly announced devotion to the U.N. and international order (see FOREIGN NEWS), will take a fresh, hard look if he goes back to dabbling with...