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...morning yesterday, the campaign announced that former Secretary of State Warren Christopher would head up the team--joining one of President George H.W. Bush's former secretaries of state, Jim Baker, from the George W. Bush campaign. All involved were quick to downplay the election's mystery factor...
...western high school that rarely sends anyone out of state to college (much less to Haahvard) I can attest to that, and I think that it is a feeling we've all shared at one time or another. And yet, while most students go out of their way to downplay intellectual elitism outside of Harvard, there often seems to me a terrible tendency toward it within the undergraduate community itself. It is a kind of put-up-or-shut-up mentality that scares a lot of people into portraying themselves as not terribly fit for the intellectual survival...
...secrecy? It's not personal; if you can't find them, neither can antiabortion extremists. The company tries to downplay concern, saying there have been no threats or cause for fear. But its labored history suggests otherwise...
...Gore's daughter, 27-year-old Karenna Gore Schiff, also attended with her husband, Drew. Schiff likes to downplay her influence, making like a daughter who just wants to be there to support Dad. But the truth is she's hawk-eyed about every detail. Before Gore was to go out, the MTV team did a few one-on-ones with him in a hallway for other shows. MTV correspondent John Norris started to position Gore for a Q&A for the hit music countdown show "Total Request Live." As he did, Schiff, in black pants, red tank...
Last year, Holloway and five other conservatives on the Kansas school board voted to downplay evolution in the state's science standards. All over the globe and on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, the world alternated between laughter and outrage. Kansas was made to look stupid. Very stupid...