Word: detriment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would be extremely unfortunate if cultural considerations prevented the mass of Cambridge voters from giving adequate thought to the candidates and platform of the CCA. The CCA represents both honesty and dedication in city politics; if its efforts seem amateurish, the fact is not a sin, only a detriment to effectiveness. The CCA candidates and their stand for a "No" vote on both referenda are commendable. They deserve a strong vote...
Harris rebutted two recent editorials of the Times which criticized statements of the Democratic Advisory Council. The Council has maintained that Republican leaders have economized to the detriment of U.S. foreign prestige and military position...
...United States could have put a satellite in orbit before now but to the detriment of other scientific goals and military progress in the long-range missile field...
...bargaining point" for labor. Reasons Mitchell: by 1965 U.S. gross national product must jump 40%-to $560 billion-to supply goods to expected population of 193 million. For this, nation will need 10 million more workers, and since labor is short, a four-day week would be "to the detriment of the full use of our resources...
...Bill Knowland is certain to announce soon that he himself is a candidate for governor, and every Republican-as well as every hand-rubbing Democrat-knows that a Knight-Knowland primary battle would create one of the ding-dongest political fights in California's history, all to the detriment of the Republican Party. Beyond that, as they all know as well, the statehouse is a good stump from which Governor Bill Knowland could lay his plans to fight Californian Dick Nixon for the 1960 presidential nomination...