Word: detract
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...while many laud Harvard’s intellectual appetite for exposure to other cultures, some fear that Harvard’s efforts to facilitate international experiences could ultimately detract from the education provided at home...
...SEAS has also been criticized for its focus on developing professional skills, a factor that some say may detract from the liberal arts focus of Harvard’s undergraduate education...
...nation but they are barely aware of current events or the forces that shape the American opinion. Access to television will help alleviate the isolation inside the infamous “Harvard bubble.” Another criticism of television in dorm rooms is that it would detract from the communal experience of gathering in common rooms. But strangers do not meet in common rooms to bond over commercial breaks. They merely share awkward moments when one person treks to the basement for a basketball game while the next one fancies Jack Bauer. Most students do not wish...
...Chris Nielsen, the executive director of the China Project at Harvard, said that Chinese officials consider the Beijing Olympics to be a “showcase” of the country’s rapid development, and that Chinese officials do not want air pollution to detract from the event. The researchers of the study—which is being published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters—are affiliated with the China Project, which is part of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. K. Folkert Boersma, another post-doctoral fellow who worked on the report, stressed...
...just one. Most of Harry’s lines in the action scenes are about as original as that particular gem, and some of Spidey’s are no better. The movie’s shameless moments of unnecessary NYC pride and American propaganda also seriously detract from the action. In one scene, as Spidey soars through the air to intercept Venom, a giant computer generated flag fills the entire screen behind him. The blatantly tacked-on patriotism really takes you out of the moment, and during the climactic head-to-head between Spider-Man and Venom, I really...