Word: detractions
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...Therefore, our tendency to label performance-enhancing drugs antithetical to our values makes little sense. The spirit behind performance enhancement doesn’t detract from the game of baseball or the game of life. Instead, it represents the apotheosis of an ethic of self-perfection that is at the heart of what we find praiseworthy...
...would be placed on top of the Student Organization Center at Hilles, said Undergraduate Council representative George J.J. Hayward ’11, who said he has worked for several months to improve cell phone reception in the Quad. Harvard administrators have concluded that installing an antenna would not detract aesthetically from the Quad area, the message said, since all equipment would be “blended” into existing buildings and would not be obtrusive to a “casual observer.” Nelson wrote in the message that the team “does...
...already on an insane number of University committees,” Roberts said. Kelsey’s administrative role will likely grow as a tenured professor—he was also recently appointed Director of Graduate Studies for HAA. But, Kelsey said, the extra work will not detract from his time in the classroom. “My teaching philosophy and the nature of my courses will remain the same,” he said. —Staff writer Madeleine M. Schwartz can be reached at mschwart@fas.harvard.edu...
...require extensive renovation in order to be usable, and the small size of the building itself suggests that it will not be the type of student center that students envision. This misguided attempt to address the social space issue will only hurt the UC’s credibility and detract from more pressing issues such as responding to the budget cuts.Yet there are always lessons to be learned from mistakes. Students were pleased with the CEB’s choice for Pep Rally artist this year, popular DJ Girl Talk, but a combination of poor planning, a dangerously flimsy stage...
...question of whether to release additional photos of U.S. personnel torturing Iraqis is more difficult, but I believe the President's decision to block the release is the right one. The photos add nothing to our knowledge of this despicable behavior - and may well detract from the security of our people serving overseas. I must admit a bias here: my son is a U.S. diplomat serving in Baghdad. His residence is rocketed almost every night. The threat to his safety from Iraqis infuriated by these photos is not theoretical. For me, this reality - lived each day by hundreds of thousands...