Word: detract
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While some city officials reached yesterday said they were not aware of the high police salaries, others felt that excessive detail or overtime could detract from the officers' performance during their normal shifts...
...mind what they earn, what I mind is the fact that excessive numbers of details detract from their normal service," said Duehay...
STRANGELY OUT OF PLACE IN terms of mood and presentation, a special exhibition of works by Sandro Botticelli at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum adds little to and may even detract from the overall experience of the most pleasant museum in Boston...
...onstage they came, carting a bass, a keyboard, one guitar, a computer and drumsticks. I think a more appropriate name for the band would be Beckphish. But that would detract from the fact that this is a genuinely original band that plays better live than on tape. The almost two hour set included all the songs off their touted debut, Irresistible Bliss and a few knucklers thrown in by lead singer M. Doughty...
...most first-years will have a proctor who falls in the intermediate category; someone who certainly doesn't detract from the year but who in no way adds to it. In the houses, tutors who are involved with the school and specific departments, but who are at the same time concerned with me are a welcome change. Suddenly a well-informed advisor--what a novelty! Part of the problem, according to the FDO, is that many well-qualified applicants are lost to the houses. The selection process for proctors takes much longer than that for tutors and many people apply...