Word: detriment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Phillip J. McNiff, Head Librarian of Lamont, said last night that the proposal for a 25 cent charge are unsatisfactory. He pointed out that students would use the additional fine as a "premium to keep books out to the detriment of the other students...
...publicity blurb recently issued by the "Lonesome Gal's" manager claims the "honey-voiced disc jockey has entwined herself with the Ivy League, and is a detriment to studying...
Surgeon's Knife. "Nothing must stand in your way," warns Miss Carlyle. "If you are convinced the family is a detriment to your success, please don't hesitate to keep them in the background. After marriage, you can see your parents during the day- alone." As for friends, "appraise calmly whether your friend or friends aid or hinder you in your objective . . . Examine the true state of affairs with a surgeon's knife. Your relationship [may be] a cancerous growth which should be removed...
...varsity club project is intended to attract athletes to Harvard, this intent displayed a lack of moral courage on the part of the University. "I don't think the varsity club would be an asset to Harvard education," Poskanzer said. "I think it would be a definite detriment and would hurt the House system which is based on the idea that everybody eats together...
...stockholders, Du Pont's lean, able President Crawford H. Greenewalt last week totted up the score on a year of "transition from a sellers' to a buyers' market." His cheerful finding: "No serious dislocation or detriment to the company's business...