Word: downplay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although most national coverage of industrial policy has allied its proponents with the Democratic Party, both Reich and Vogel downplay this association. Instead, they say, the group should have as broad a membership as possible...
Audiences will undoubtedly walk into Daniel thinking about the Rosenberg case and view the movie as a statement about the Rosenbergs. Ironically though, both Lumet and Doctorow downplay the parallel with the Rosenberg case, and consequently any social or political aspects of the film. For instance, they insist that the opening scene--a striking closeup of Daniel detachedly and encyclopedically describing the procedure of electrocution--is an artistic device. Lumet, who directed the film in addition to co-producing with Doctorow, calls the scene an interior monologue, designed to reveal how Daniel is objectively attempting to make sense of what...
...inclination in Washington has been to downplay both halves of the Soviet ultimatum. According to this attitude, the U.S.S.R.'s military countermeasures will turn out to be more political bark than military bite. As for a Soviet walkout in Geneva, that would be crazy, say many American officials. The Soviets would stomp out of the talks looking like the spoilers. That would put the lie to their advertisements for themselves as infinitely patient good guys in the eyes of Europe...
Coca-Cola's ad campaigns for the new products will downplay any possible health benefits of caffeine-free drinks to keep them from luring too many soda quaffers from its regular brands. Says Malcolm MacDougall, president of SSC&B, the New York ad agency that is handling the campaign: "We are not really making a big thing of it. We are telling people that decaffeinated cola is here if they want...
...urging these changes Bok seems to downplay the extent to which Harvard's own Law School must reform and lead the way for others. In praising progressive steps the Law School has already taken, he seems to let Harvard off the hook: its programs are a start, but there...