Word: downplay
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Regarding the claim by journalist Robert Fisk that the U.S. media downplay claims that the government does not want the public to know, there is a staggeringly obvious reason that Western newspapers did not cover the story of the “epidemic of cancer caused by Depleted Uranium (D.U.) in Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War” (News, “Renowned Journalist Criticizes the Media”, Feb. 5). The reason is that there was no epidemic of cancer caused by D.U. After pretty much every national health service has studied the issue, it is accepted...
...Ming might have chosen to tolerate and downplay O’Neal’s taunts to avoid stirring controversy as he adapts to a new environment in America. However, as students at Harvard, we cannot allow O’Neal’s affront to remain unanswered. Regardless of whether a considerable proportion of Asians in America demonstrate educational and economic prosperity, there is no justification for racial stereotyping or ethnic ridicule. We must draw the line before playful banter tumbles down the slippery slope into outright racism. At present, Asian Americans may constitute the invisible minority; nevertheless, this...
Instead, we do all we can to downplay the slave-driving, self-denying, stultifying, I-feel-my-sense-of-humor-dying dimension of the Harvard experience. No sex in the Ivy League, they say? Radcliffe Union of Students hosts a dildo party every year. All work and no play? We run naked around the Yard twice a year (even if only to jazz us up for finals). Just a bunch of goody-two-shoes valedictorians? So what, we all pee on John Harvard before we graduate...
...many players prefer to downplay the magnitude of The Game to maintain their ability to execute without nerves playing a factor...
...month than Cognac in a year. France remains the largest importer in volume terms, but higher margins make Spain's market more lucrative. Last year it was the world's top market for Scotch in value terms with sales worth $460 million. And for a business keen to downplay its tweed-'n'-tartan image and appeal to a new generation of drinkers, the good news is that Spain's aficionados are young. Scotch Whisky Association spokesman Campbell Evans notes that 65% of Spain's public whisky consumption takes place between midnight and 4 a.m. "Even allowing for how late...