Word: detract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...minute sketches spoofing everything from Hyatt Legal Services to a capella singing, is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the wonder of video. At its best, the film is a well-worked parody of television's silliness; unfortunately, the script's tendency toward cliche and its occasional poor editing detract from its potential humor...
...search travelers at airports. Writing for the court, Chief Justice William Rehnquist conceded - that Sokolow's behavior could have been "consistent with innocent travel." But "taken together," his actions elicited "reasonable suspicion." Concluded Rehnquist: "The fact that these factors may be set forth in a 'profile' does not somehow detract from their evidentiary significance." Dissenting Justice Thurgood Marshall saw things quite differently. An agent's "reflexive reliance" on a profile, he wrote, is likely to subject "innocent individuals to unwarranted police harassment." Drug-enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Customs Service, insist that drug profiles are meant only to inform...
Bramson said the low turnout did not detract from the referendum's legitimacy. "Of course there was a certain amount of apathy, but many people who didn't vote were satisfied," said Bramson. "It's actually pretty good considering that in elections for representatives we consider 50 percent good," he said...
...This combination should help us offensively and should not detract from our defense," Chang said...
President Derek Bok announces his intention to serve as Secretary of Labor in the Bush Administration, insisting that the three days a week he will spend in Washington will not detract from his ability to perform the duties of Harvard's presidency. "Anything Graham Allison can do, I can do better," he tells the Harvard Gazette...