Word: detract
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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...
...asked her to help them bridge the gap from the young, uncertain, immature girl to the well poised, gracious, attractively groomed, confident young lady." It is plain by the girls' choice of words that Mrs. Albert had some pretty good material to start with, but this should not detract from her future accomplishments...
...behavior of the Americans has been largely due to an intelligently conceived notion of their own interests, that does not detract from the nobility and generosity of certain acts. Can one imagine a European power, say England, France or Germany, coming to the aid of allies or ruined adversaries, and distributing to them considerable sums to put their economies back on their feet? The United States sees other nations more as partners than as competitors. Even if we judge severely certain aspects of U.S. protectionist policies, let's remember what difficulty metropolitan...