Word: downplay
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...observers. He wanted to know if we could attend without having our group's presence categorized as an action in support of the protesters. My section leader admitted that by attending the meeting, we would at least be giving tacit support to the protesters. And although he attempted to downplay the possibility, he could give no assurances that our group would not be labeled as protesters by the media. He admitted that a picture of our group could wind up on the front page of The Crimson or Globe with a caption like, "Harvard students protesting the college's investment...
Opponents of contra aid tried, with little success, to downplay the aggression. Jim Sasser, the Tennessean who spearheaded the Democratic challenge, charged the White House with trying "to magnify the whole incident. The Administration went to great lengths to get news of this so- called invasion out as broadly as possible." Christopher Dodd of Connecticut added, "The incident is obviously being used very effectively for political purposes here...
...easy to get away from the society that made us--especially here at Harvard. The university reinforces our tendency to try to downplay race and issues of race. We proclaim diversity, but let's not go too far in entrenching it. We wouldn't want to have an assistant dean of minority student affairs like most colleges, or a Third World Students Center like many. We all know that a disproportionate number of Third World students live at Currier and Leverett Houses. But let's not find out why or even talk about...
...Harvard Law Review last night dismissed a proposal that would increase the importance of grades and downplay writing ability this year when considering cadidates for admission to the pretigious journal, the publication's president said...
...impossible--comparisons between the experiences of minority groups in America. The tragic consequence of these baseless comparisons is that some Blacks, rather than refusing to be held up for comparison with other groups, attack the group to which they are being unfavorably compared. The attempt of certain Blacks to downplay the importance of the holocaust points up this tendency to deprecate the suffering of another minority...