Word: detractions
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...Chris Nielsen, the executive director of the China Project at Harvard, said that Chinese officials consider the Beijing Olympics to be a “showcase” of the country’s rapid development, and that Chinese officials do not want air pollution to detract from the event. The researchers of the study—which is being published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters—are affiliated with the China Project, which is part of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. K. Folkert Boersma, another post-doctoral fellow who worked on the report, stressed...
...cities within regions, and regions within the continent. Adjaye’s arrangement, which is surprisingly lively and skillfully avoids desiccating the subject, makes these comparisons both accessible and rewarding. His depictions sometimes seem arbitrary, though such a flaw is unavoidable in cities as large as these. Rather than detract from the experience, the arbitrary nature of the photos contributes to the exhibition’s magnetic quality. Adjaye photographs what interests him and what catches his eye in his limited time in each city, something wholly interesting in itself. They are at once very personal in the story they...
...Including elements from various periods is certainly a legitimate concept, but on a set so sparse, these aspects of the set seemed less like a collision of ages and more like stray pieces from a different production. While the set didn’t detract from the show, it was ultimately unclear what, if anything, it was trying to convey...
...exclusive province of these closed communities. The mission of the Extension School—to provide higher education to a broad swath of the general public—is urgent and worthy enough to be shared by the entire University, at least through avenues that would not detract from the learning of other Harvard students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, offers unlimited access to syllabi, handouts, and other non-sensitive course documents on its Web site. FAS should do the same...
Although the half came to a less than perfect end for Seymore, with Cusworth emphatically blocking his final shot of the half, it did not detract from the three-point clinic he displayed earlier...