Word: detriment
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Except for Parson Prang, the political characterizations are weak. The none too obvious but nevertheless pertinent implications about the present administration have, of course, been totally disregarded, much to the detriment of the story. And then, too, the dramatic presentation makes overmuch of a buffoon of "Buzz" Windrip...
From time to time, the Gehrig string has come close to breaking. He has appeared on innumerable occasions while suffering from colds, headaches, broken fingers and minor ailments, always without noticeable detriment to his play. Practically immune to the normal wear and tear of big-league baseball, Gehrig has only once been dangerously hurt. This was when a pitched ball knocked him unconscious in 1934. But he was in the lineup the next day, hit three triples in five innings. Closest call of all came when Gehrig was laid up with acute lumbago. To save his record, Manager Joe McCarthy...
...appointed than Stone Ridge (see above), presents detailed cross-sections from the daily life of its tin-pot Napoleons and apprentice Casanovas. A kindly teacher of English who considers Browning sonnets more important than Browning machine guns is tormented by the boys until he loses his job, to the detriment of his love life. Bright Honor points out that education at Newtown is smothered under the pressure of military mumbo-jumbo, a fact of no importance to parents who send their boys there to get rid of them, or because they will not eat their spinach...
Recommendation: This worker has no self-respect nor any for his wife. His salary is a detriment instead of a help...
...captain of the cross country team, who has just recently come out for winter track, and can't be in decent shape before the Exeter Meet. For this reason Roswell Brayton and Fred Hinman, both veterans of the cross-country season, will attempt to show their stuff to the detriment of the Andovers, and may do well...