Word: detracting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...months passed and conference time approached, Irian became more & more involved in local Indonesian politics. President Soekarno insisted the controversial territory must belong to Indonesia. It was a popular issue; the new state's politicos drummed it up, for it helped detract attention from such internal difficulties as banditry and inflation...
Sometimes an "all-star" combination comes off; sometimes it doesn't. This one, funneled into the Savoy from New Orleans and Chicago by way of Eddie Condon's in New York, has divergencies of style that detract from its ensemble playing, though the individual performances are good...
Trademark. In Plymouth, England, when Pianist Theodorus Peonides sued his hairdresser for ?200 damages, on the ground that he had contracted a hair-destroying skin disease, the judge awarded him only ?60, ruling that the loss of long hair does not detract from the earning power of a musician...
...this is a minor criticism. The same can be said for the facts that Robinson was slightly overweight when the picture was made and that Robby's batting stance had to be altered for the purposes of the camera. These are hardly noticeable and they certainly do not detract from the general worth of the movie-one which anyone who enjoys baseball will appreciate...
...Club will not detract from the House plan, for no one will sleep there. With the revival of the training table, it will be a place where a varsity football player can eat after the House dining halls close and a place where he can get to know the men he plays with. The Club will be open to a member of any varsity squad; approximately 400 men will benefit...