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Though some say it has made possible the politically perilous quest of bringing power to the central administration, his understated modus operandi has undoubtedly been a detriment to the University in other ways...
...Anil's own heritage, on which side if any she might fall, is never explained. But this is not to the story's detriment, although it is not really in keeping with his usual style of grounding in historical details. Still, he catches certain moments with such accuracy it is uncanny. One such moment: "It was like the Asian Nod, which included in its almost circular movement the possibility...
...Athletics have caught Wolfe's eye because he believes that they are a fundamental expression of manliness, with all its implicit virtue and detriment. Tom Wolfe to Judith Butler: the sexes are intrinsically different. Though women might fiddle with a lacrosse stick, to Wolfe, the athletic realm is one that is not yet tainted by femininity. Like his opponents in this nurture-nature debate, Wolfe alludes to the bogus scientific findings of his own experience and concludes that "genetic memory" keeps men men, despite the influences of a culture that increasingly tries to erase or ignore the possibility that...
...Large communities tend towards cliques based on similarity of origin and upon wealth," Lowell wrote. "Great masses of unorganized young men...are prone to superficial currents of thought and interest, to the detriment of the personal intellectual process that ought to dominate mature men seeking higher education...
...Friday that "the strong, bracing competition [from Bradley] has helped me to dig deep and find a better way to communicate and connect and campaign. I would not have preferred that. I've run both ways, and I prefer unopposed. But my preference would have been to my detriment, because the competition has been good...