Word: downplay
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...students at some campuses, mainly in the South and Midwest, have had less success. Several chapters have had to use euphemistic names, like Students for Reproductive Health, and downplay their interest in abortion. At other places, MSFC says, campus administrators have refused to give permission to start chapters. Jane van Dis started an MSFC chapter at the University of South Dakota last year. "Both students and professors have warned me I might be putting my future in jeopardy," she says. Hostile classmates have called group members "baby killers," according to Van Dis, and the chapter received a bomb threat through...
...While the Food and Drug Administration has chosen to downplay the risk associated with tuna, watchdog organizations like the Environmental Working Group and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group are throwing up red flags, accusing the FDA of taking a lax position on an important safety issue...
Rogoff was also quick to downplay Rubin's friendship with Summers as a reason Rubin was invited to speak...
...because he wanted a Washington elder to rely on, in part because the former Defense Secretary's resume would send a reassuring message to the world. So it follows that Cheney's absence could send the opposite message. That he made such a quick return helped the White House downplay the seriousness of his problem. But aides say that after four heart attacks in 23 years, Cheney is inured to his health troubles and incapable of relaxing at home. When he was there briefly after the surgery, aides let it be known he helped his wife unpack boxes. Back...
...surrogates to put a noble if belated spin on the Rich pardon. Clinton did it, they said, to please Ehud Barak, as a gift to a man who risked so much for peace that he got kicked out of office. One problem with that explanation is that Israeli officials downplay Barak's role, saying it consisted of a brief mention during one phone call; sources close to Clinton contend there were at least three. Either way, the Rich effort paled beside Barak's unsuccessful effort on behalf of jailed Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. But in persuading Clinton, Rich attorney Quinn...