Word: downplay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lerner and West, as well as the visiting congressional representatives, do not permit dissent from the liberal agenda. In particular, Lerner attempts to hold all Jews hostage to it. But growth comes from freedom in learning, not the didactic orthodoxy Lerner and West prescribed. Although they attempt to downplay their solution as final, they hold themselves as moral examplars for the rest of society. By for saking the American ethic of democracy and capitalism, the two have accomplished little in the way of solving any racial controversies in this country...
There are several possible explanations for the desire to downplay our status as Harvard students. Some of us may feel that we are not worthy of the privilege bestowed upon us. It's like the Room 13 poster, trite but true: "Was I the mistake?" And some of us may feel a need to apologize for being at Harvard, an institution with an international reputation for elitism and egotism...
...political war chest larger than that of any of his opponents, leads the field in endorsements from congressional colleagues, and has won six consecutive Republican Party straw polls--in Arkansas, Louisiana, Arizona, Missouri, California and South Carolina--many party members, particularly those in the Northeast and Midwest, continue to downplay his chances of winning the Republican nomination in 1996. But the doubters are beginning to wane. "Having known him for 24 years," says longtime Texas political foe Chet Edwards, a Democratic Congressman, "I say anybody who doesn't take Phil Gramm seriously either doesn't know him or is crazy...
...Jamie Kellner, chief of WB, argues that it is hit shows that count. "This is a business that's all in the programming and the promotion," he says. "If you make good programs and promote them properly, people will beat your door down." But executives for the other networks downplay any threat posed by the Warner and Paramount ventures, describing them not as networks but as enhanced versions of the syndication outfits that distribute shows like Oprah, Wheel of Fortune and Baywatch to local stations. "What they're about is the evolution of syndication," says Neil Braun, president...
...that, as all seniors eventually must fade from the bench. But last night's performance was the first time that this year's blueliners announced their intention to wave the Harvard banner of defensive supremacy with all the authority of those that went before them, and you can't downplay the significance of such a statement...