Word: detract
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...other candidates should also be considered for PR votes. Henrietta Attles and Glen S. Koocher '71 were "disendorsed" by the Cambridge Civic Association this summer. But political in-fighting does not detract from the fine records both have compiled as incumbents...
...COURTSHIP of Peter and Patricia makes for sometimes hilarious entertainment, but it never descends into mere farce. Both lovers are forced to confront their own flaws: Peter is caught shoplifting, and Patricia battles her fear of sex. Director Paul Cox never lets the comic episodes detract from the seriousness of the pair's problems, but rather lets them compliment the underlying drama...
...council as an effective decision-making organization. That impression can only be combated by more of the long-term, down-to-earth research projects that made the council effective last year. Ironically, the time required to boost the council's popularity and drum up candidates and voters can only detract from such projects...
...publication of Masks in the United States seems to be an attempt to capitalize upon the growing. American interest in Japanese films, art, philosophy and literature Unfortunately, novels such as Masks tend to detract from the quality of some of the truly great Japanese literature which has recently become available in American markets. Leave Masks on the shelf Similar stories are easily found in the grocery store next to copies of the National Enquirer A true interest in Japanese literature will best be served by the novels of Soveki or Mishima...
...about yourself, tell us why we as delegates should vote for you." The senator replied in a tone equivalent to the solemnity of the seminar, "Let's not stray from the topic. Believe it or not, this is not a Hart for President event I don't want to detract from the speakers...