Word: downplay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University chooses not to recognize theserious crime that happens on all its campuses,that's fine. But I won't stand by and let them usethat against officers in trying to downplay theserious, dangerous job the University police do,"Kotowski said...
...quietly trying to downplay the show's racy content. The network sent its affiliates two episodes in addition to the pilot (neither segment has as much explicit material) and got Bochco to trim 15 seconds from the first show's lovemaking scene. ABC's Harbert says that scene is the "high benchmark" for what the series will allow; half the episodes, he promises, will have no nudity at all. "Given that our schedule is so dominated by family programming, such as Roseanne and Home Improvement, we felt there is room for a show that stretches the boundaries, so long...
Such talk tends to stifle executives' natural desire to crow about their turnaround and invites them to downplay prospects as they head into labor ! talks. But some jubilant carmakers can't help themselves. "As the quality gap ceases to become a factor, what has emerged is a showdown over who is offering the better value," observes Chrysler president Lutz. "The war isn't over, but we've definitely landed on the beaches...
Some faculty members, like Frankfurter Professor of Law Abram Chayes, downplay this tension, arguing that people on the Law Review are merely "more aggressive, more contentious" than typical students at the Law School...
...summary sought to downplay the radiological significance of the spill. It said that if the total amount of radioactivity that dripped from the cart were ingested by one worker, it would only be half the annual limit on intake established by federal regulations...