Word: detrimental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...difficulty. "In 50 years," he asserted, "the only happy peoples will be those with no colonies. Even today there is a general restlessness in colonies of the world in the Near East and in North Africa." He said that Mussolini has been taking advantage of this restlessness to the detriment of British and French power in the Mediterranean...
...admission requirements and noted particularly Harvard's intimate connection with the entire country. However, important work remains yet to be done, and this service the Federation of Territorial Clubs has been designed to aid. In many sections of the country misconceptions and prejudices exist to the detriment of the University, and these unfounded popular ideas have persisted because not combatted...
...Napoleonic times. In theme, it is almost a first-class historical novel in the tradition of Tolstoy or Stendhal. With twice his imagination and half his unconscious Polish bias, Author Frischauer might have lived up to this tradition, instead of merely recalling it to his book's detriment. But by comparison with most recent historical romances, A Great Lord is a solidly written, serious work...
...exchanges as the scales upon which that great national resource, invested capital, is weighed and evalued. Scales of such importance must be tamper-proof with no concealed springs-and there must be no laying on of hands. Such scales must not be utilized by the inside few to the detriment of the outside many...
...statistical triumph of sorts, but the researchers of the Distilled Spirits Institute (formed after Repeal and headed by erstwhile Prohibition officer Dr. James M. Doran) collated the findings of its sober field workers, arrived at the conclusion that screen bibbers were shown drinking Scotch almost exclusively, to the detriment of an impressionable public...