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...through its prices, Staples is making clear that it means to stay for a while--perhaps to the detriment of area stationery merchants, such as Bob Slate Stationers. Here are some price comparisons for the two stores...
...sheer size of the crowds that contribute to this atmosphere can be both a benefit and a detriment to the Harvard community. For some, it is a welcome change...
...guitarists - tend to fall victim to one or both of two mistakes when recording solo albums. The first is to assume that interesting guitar playing can somehow exist independently from interesting music; the second is to overcompensate for the previous assumption by focusing on the songs to the detriment of the hot licks that attracted people in the first place...
...though, Harvard's rally came up short and the Crimson suffered its third defeat of the season. UNH did, however, have a huge home field advantage. The Wildcats play on natural grass, which is a detriment in field hockey since the ball takes unusual bounces and slows down play overall...
...voter turnouts she and her shadow conveners bewail as signs of disgust might just as plausibly be taken for the sleepy indifference of a fat and happy populace. But her larger charge--that the two parties, in thrall to a self-satisfied elite, have become homogeneous, to the detriment of a robust political debate--is far more plausible. Anyone who doubts it should be forced to explain the difference between George Bush's "compassionate conservatism" (or is it "conservative compassion"?) and Al Gore's "pragmatic idealism" (or is it "idealistic pragmatism"?) in 300 words or less. With both parties staking...