Word: detracted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...abrupt movements that work so well in Anaendrom and Walklyndon seem somewhat out of place in the more serious dances. Terra Cotta is a dance at deux in which a couple begin mirroring each other's movements and finally dance ensemble. Jerky steps detract from the intimacy established by otherwise graceful and romantic poses as the bodies join. But even in these dancers, the originality and diversity of the choreography sustains a great deal of excitement...
Davis was reluctant to write an autobiography, she says, because she feared focus on her personal struggles might detract from the movement for liberation of all oppressed peoples. But Angela Davis: An Autobiography is a moving political statement; one that emphasizes that the same forces that have guided her life have molded the lives of millions of victims of global capitalism and brought them to an epoch that demands collective dedication to the cause of eradicating racism and repression. She insists that her response to these forces has been unexceptional--that her political involvement is "the natural, logical...
...Pulitzer Prize, not to mention an unexpected accolade from Fidel Castro. It is sad that, in the ensuing two decades, Williams has, for all his activity, not produced another first-rate work, and we have had only a series of rehashings and fitful flickerings. But nothing can detract from the luster of his early masterpieces...
...announced that he will open, probably this summer, his nearly completed 307-ft. observation tower at the edge of the Gettysburg battlefield. When historians, environmentalists and some townspeople expressed shock and consternation at his idea, Ottenstein insisted that the tower would be of considerable educational value and not detract from the hallowed battlefield ground. At a cost of $1.35 a person, the tower will permit observers a comprehensive view of the terrain where at least 7,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died and more than 33,000 were wounded in three days of battle in 1863. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...
Only one of Jonathan Cott's selections is disappointing. "Wanted--A King" reads like a cramped collage of Mother Goose rhymes. The author writes too stiffly and her familiar characters--Jack Horner and Mother Hubbard--detract from the narrative's originality. Unfortunately, this tale reinforces the "quaint" stereotype of children's literature with annoying passages on the order of: "She was most devoted to any baby; she loved the whole baby race, as every girl should do, and, in fact, as every right-minded girl does...