Word: downplay
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...hosting Rushdie at the White House--the symbolic representation of the free world--our not-so-feckless leader Bill Clinton morally outdistanced his predecessor, who cravenly avoided the wrath of petrodollars. But Clinton did not go much further. In fact Clinton chose to downplay the glory of his decision by retrospectively characterizing his meeting with Rushdie as brief and insignificant...
...case, they are eagerly seeking it. All three dominant shows are attempting to downplay their sensationalistic aspects and be taken seriously. The main reason can be traced, as usual, to the bottom line: many blue-chip advertisers are reluctant to be associated with sensation-seeking shows, and stations have expressed their concerns to the companies that distribute them. "These programs have never had much of a problem attracting viewers," says John Rohr of Blair Television, which represents local stations. "The problem is selling the ad time...
...This thing" is the most difficult and daring space assignment since the Apollo moon landings. Though NASA is trying to downplay it as a "scheduled maintenance flight," the goal is anything but routine: the crew is supposed to fix the faulty Hubble Space Telescope, a $1.6 billion disappointment that has kept astronomers in anguish since it was launched three years ago. The repair work will require that alternating pairs of astronauts go on five space walks of six hours each, which would break the NASA record of four such excursions on a mission. Since the task will be something like...
...staff also takes a position that is unnecessarily dismissive of the concerns that working people have about the treaty. Such an elitist attitude cannot be condoned. And it is a subtle attempt to try to downplay the real harm NAFTA will do to America in the short...
...Jersey gubernatorial race, Christine Todd Whitman ousted Democrat James Florio, while New York City Mayor David Dinkins lost to Liberal-Republican Rudolph Giuliani. A Republican also won the Virginia statehouse, with George Allen scoring a victory over Mary Sue Terry. Top Democrats including President Clinton tried to downplay the significance of the results, attributing them to the vagaries of local politics...