Word: detract
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...press has carried little news of this Russian purge. On the other hand, it has carried too much news about the alleged Nazi resurgence. These exaggerated reports tend to detract attention from the real issue, which today is not Naziism, but current ideological, economic and diplomatic competition between East and West...
Although the play is well written and bristles with important ideas, it falls short of the mark in its production. Missed cues and German accents heavy to the point of double talk give the play a certain ineptitude that has alienated critics and audiences alike, but does not detract from the great moral issues portrayed. Despite the lack of technique on the part of the cast, "Temper the Wind" brings the significant problems of today to the American stage for the first time since the end of the war. The authors have something important to say, something that greatly concerns...
Perchance 'tis the influence of the coeds--sh-sh! who do not with official forbearance mingle with the eds in these hallowed halls, but whose positive ectoplasmic presences betimes detract from the learned words the profs present...
...publicity afforded to an important subject [TIME, Sept. 2] is gratefully acknowledged, but inaccurate misquotations detract from the truth and the success of spreading the Christian message by means of film...
...first impression of anticlimax soon gave way to serious comments. Said London's News Chronicle: "Nothing could detract from the essential solemnity of the occasion-not even the vulgar high spirits that . . . painted on this instrument of fate the picture of a pinup star 'in a low-cut gown.' We cannot defy history by guffawing in her face...