Word: detraction
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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This is silly enough when candidates are attacked for their wealth or supposedly élitist habits; it's hard to see how McCain's multiple mansions or $500 shoes detract from his economic plans, and just about impossible to see how Obama's decision to vacation near his grandmother in Hawaii undercuts his claim to economic leadership. But ever since the wealthy Whig William Henry Harrison's brilliant "log cabin and hard cider" campaign, candidates have tried to strike an Everyman pose, and missteps that have made them look "out of touch" - like George H.W. Bush checking his watch during...
...Reichstag contrivance does not detract from the thousands of striking black-and-white pictures the Ukrainian-born Khaldei recorded on the front lines, a couple hundred of which are on show. They ranged from the defense of the Arctic city of Murmansk in 1941 to the Red Army's westward advance across the Crimea, then Bucharest, Sofia and Belgrade, and finally Budapest, Vienna and Berlin. One of the subtexts of the show is the epic dimension of the war on Germany's Eastern Front, which is often underappreciated in the West. By measure of manpower, duration, territorial reach and casualties...
...vacation en route to his new job in Hong Kong. While the longer format of the stories in “Unaccustomed Earth” allows Lahiri to more thoroughly investigate her themes, occasionally her structure collapses underneath the weight of the accumulated detail. Fortunately, such lapses do not detract from the work’s overall achievement. It remains a beautifully crafted collection that is able to express the nearly inexpressible: our shared worries about identity, belonging, and life itself. Hema, gazing at a group of villagers on the day before she is to depart Italy, remarks wistfully...
...they're worry that other powerful Kenyans may be behind a Guernsey-based company called Mobitelea, which owns a stake in Vodafone Kenya, which in turn owns 40% of Safaricom. Of these allegations, Michael Joseph, the CEO of Safaricom, told the Daily Nation, "I hope they do not detract potential investors from investing in a very strong company with strong growth prospects." Joseph said that confidentiality agreements prevent him from revealing the names of the owners of Mobitelea but that the IPO is fully legal...
...life—itwasn’t before, but now it is.”In another memorable scene, Robb’sappearance symbolizes too blatantly herawkward transition from childhood toadolescence; she dons pink glasses androller skates while she lights up a cigaretteand starts puffing. Obvious momentslike this detract significantly froma film that attempts to create a subtlenarrative with its understated tone andunhurried plot.Although the script leaves much to bedesired, the film is beautifully shot, capturingimages of impoverished neighborhoodsand ramshackle houses almostas well as striking footage of the wintryfields and lakes beneath the open skies ofrural America. The film?...