Word: downplay
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...intelligent and self-assured candidate has the look of a winner and name to match. He is Henri Giscard d'Estaing, son of France's President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, running for the council of the farming district of Marchenoir. Giscard fils does not downplay his family connection or resemblance to the tall, coolly patrician Giscard père: "I have the virus of politics and I have had good coaching." Working out of a former butcher shop, he has shaken hands with at least one-third of the district's 6,000 people...
...tirade against nuclear power, few of the upstanding middle Americans he wants to fill those 800 theaters will go to see it. So for now, at least, Douglas emphasizes in interviews that "the film is a thriller. It has to work first as entertainment," and tries to downplay the clear political message of the film's nuclear power sequences. And Fonda and Lemmon, also hoping people will go see the film for themselves and then decide whether it's fair to the nuclear industry, are playing along...
...would be grossly unfair to insinuate that the divers won the meet, but it would be equally ludicrous to downplay the significance of their contribution. Their points were anticipated and counted upon in pre-meet calculations...
...Cambridge. The AAU customarily picks up travelling expenses for U.S. Team members. Hogshead agreed that "three months is zero," but both she and Woodhead expressed some mild disappointment that the strongest U.S. team wasn't present. AAU officials and U.S. team coach Jack Nelson tried to downplay the effect of the suspensions on the meet by keeping no running team scores and saying things like. "Let's concentrate on the swimmers that are here." But you just can't rob a bunch of 14 and 15 year old girls of their team spirit; after Saturday night's finals, for instance...
...like to throw more sophistication into nudity," Chada said, adding that he hoped to downplay the "beach-boy" image in the future...