Word: detract
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...melodramatic prodigality, Anna Magnani outdoes both story and setting. She acts the unhappy heroine with her whole vivid personality, slouching body, disheveled hair, grieving eyes and caged face. Not even a fumbling job of English-language dubbing can detract from her performance. Whether she is mourning the death of her dog, shouting obscenely at the islanders or tipsily singing a holiday song, she makes most other movie actresses look like pale blossoms indeed...
...refusing to support this statement, the Council felt that it would markedly detract from its earlier, widely-circulated policy dictum. In addition, it did not want to appear in favor of a blanket denial of the right of Congressional investigations of schools...
...economy bloc halt this Indian investment. If anything, it should be increased. Some have said that both logic and the requisites of a bipartisan foreign policy dictate Bowles' retention as advisor to the program he has sponsored. But his popularity in India is so great his presence there might detract from Allen's effectiveness. The Eisenhower administration must allow the new Ambassador to continue Bowles' program if they hope to check the sudden backsliding in Indo-American relations...
Carter Davidson, Union College president, added that such "fear philosophy" can also detract from university programs to attract brilliant minds. He cited reluctance fo academic men to appear on radio or television because of fear of mis-interpretation and resulting accusation...
Dani Holmgren, as the ghost of Charles' first wife, is often very good. She is prone to posture too much in an attempt to match Charles' description of her as "etherial," but this does not detract from her generally good acting...