Word: detracted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With due respect to the President and not to detract from the noble work done by Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton; as a Freethinker, I beg to state that the Red Cross as an organization was proposed and made effective by Henri Dunant, a Swiss Freethinker. Its flag was designed by him-a red cross on a white field, which is the reversion of the flag of Switzerland...
...does not seem likely that anyone will disagree with President Angell's contention that university endowments should not suffer at the hands of an athletic fund. Proponents of the athletic endowment look for its creation by special contributions and do not expect such donations to detract from the usual source of university revenue...
...last moment came a hitch. The Pope wanted also to issue a Christmas message to all his cardinals. This was timed for Christmas Eve. The publicity given a message to the U. S. might detract from the effect of the message to the cardinals...
...death of Dr. Wilson Harvard loses a teacher of international fame. His prominence in university life was necessarily limited by the nature of his work which brought him in contact with relatively few students. But this should not detract from Harvard's regret, for he labored with untiring diligence in his chosen field and his influence on those men with whom he worked was great. He has left behind him a memory of high respect and deep affection...
...excellent Sonia. They bring to Boston an opportunity to see something that is really worth seeing, and even then it is quite probable that the audiences will be none too large, all of which will go to add to a none to happy theatrical reputation. But that can not detract from a production that is in all probability one of the finest that will be seen here for many, many moons...