Word: downplay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...easy to get away from the society that made us--especially here at Harvard. The university reinforces our tendency to try to downplay race and issues of race. We proclaim diversity, but let's not go too far in entrenching it. We wouldn't want to have an assistant dean of minority student affairs like most colleges, or a Third World Students Center like many. We all know that a disproportionate number of Third World students live at Currier and Leverett Houses. But let's not find out why or even talk about...
...Harvard Law Review last night dismissed a proposal that would increase the importance of grades and downplay writing ability this year when considering cadidates for admission to the pretigious journal, the publication's president said...
...impossible--comparisons between the experiences of minority groups in America. The tragic consequence of these baseless comparisons is that some Blacks, rather than refusing to be held up for comparison with other groups, attack the group to which they are being unfavorably compared. The attempt of certain Blacks to downplay the importance of the holocaust points up this tendency to deprecate the suffering of another minority...
Elsewhere in New Delhi, the reception was tepid. The Pope's meeting with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi lasted just 20 minutes. Indian officials released little information about the meeting, which some observers interpreted as evidence that the government aimed to downplay the Pope's trip. John Paul's multireligious gathering at the Indira Gandhi stadium produced such lengthy oratory that by the time the Pope spoke, hundreds had already gone home...
...engineering science, closely related to physics and computer science, is considered a key to successful innovation in everything from robotics to satellites, and officials said Harvard cannot afford to downplay the science any longer...