Word: downplay
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...selecting their new leadership, House Republicans were trying to downplay their traditional image as the party of reaction and obstruction. Thanking his colleagues for electing him, Michel said: "We've got to be affirmative, forward looking. The bottom line is enacting the Reagan program." He warned Democrats against trying to "gut" Reagan's proposals. If that happens, said he, "we will have confrontation...
...Thanksgiving mood testifies to an enduring-and endearing-trait in the American character: a willingness once an election is over to downplay old divisions and give a new leader a sporting chance to show what he can do. It is a trait for which to give abundant thanks...
...domestic crude oil prices over the next ten years. What Carter meant to say, the aide insisted, was that the Senate version of the windfall tax bill will leave the industry with $130 billion more in profits from decontrol than the House measure. Other aides meanwhile tried to downplay and defuse the remarks the President made a week earlier about "punitive actions" that might be taken against the oil majors if the windfall tax did not meet his expectations. A better description of those still unspecified actions, one official suggested, would be "unfriendly." Louisiana Democrat Russell Long, who as chairman...
...however, the high-scoring winger tends to downplay her field hockey talents. She denies having any finesse, and complains that her stickwork is below...
...Democratic Left must understand its history is not a failure," Soglin said last night. "The Left should not downplay its own influence...