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For the Logan community the charter has long been an unwanted detraction from their efforts.

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His relatively modest number of caps, in contrast to some of the other players in that World Cup winning side, is no detraction from his talent.

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She told the BBC: “Not having that would be a detraction of the ceremony, and we’re very big on pomp in the U.K.”

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Perhaps if the overall production were better, the musical cues wouldn't even be noticeable; but as it is, they're a distraction on top of multiple detractions.

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And this nagging detraction never quite goes away, making the creators' intention to fully sketch its white characters at the expense of the non-white ones harder to ignore as "Stateless" progresses.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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