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Farkes struggled mightily at times in the field as he got adjusted to playing second base on a Division I level. Yet he never let the occasional botched grounder detract from the rest of his game. And despite his prowess when swinging—Lentz summed it up succinctly in the preseason by proclaiming that Farkes simply “hits the crap out of the ball at all times”—Farkes was always ready to lay down a bunt for a base hit when necessary, if only because it was one of so many ways...
...superstar," says Yankovic. "But a lot of his songs are sort of tongue in cheek already. Lose Yourself was so serious that it was perfectly ripe." But at the request of the rapper, Potato won't come with an accompanying video. "Eminem thought that a video might detract from 8 Mile and people might not take him seriously." It's a problem Al has been battling all his life...
These embarrassing statistics of exonerations and executions of juvenile offenders and the mentally retarded are very dangerous, however, because they detract from the real issue. The death penalty system is not one which requires improvements. It is one which demands immediate termination. Executions should be everyone’s concern—over 60 percent of them take place outside of Texas. While it may be true that only a few dozen individuals are put to death each year and most are mentally competent and committed wicked crimes as adults, it is nobody’s place to take their...
Additionally, fears of FBI harassment must not detract from this important mission. FBI recruiting can take place without harassment. And the vast majority of potential recruits are graduate students, old enough and responsible enough to make their own choices when confronted...
...professors said that the reality of cutbacks did not detract from excitement over the rest of the dean’s vision for FAS—particularly his goals for reshaping the undergraduate experience at Harvard...