Word: downplaying
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Harvard’s apologists have never actually denied most of the allegations. Rather, they have opted either to remain deafeningly silent, to downplay the significance of the findings, or to counter that, well, everyone was doing...
Harvard coach Katey Stone, however, didn’t downplay Corriero’s on-ice success...
...Entente Cordiale, France's 100-year-old diplomatic alliance with Britain , French President Jacques Chirac called the relationship between the two countries "l'amour violent" - a tempestuous affair. But when he and Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a press conference, they acted like an old married couple, content to downplay their differences for the sake of the children. Chirac insisted that the Iraq war was "the one and only issue" on which they had fought. "What matters really is all that we have in common in the present and for the future," he said. In fact they continue to have...
Kevin Casey, Harvard’s senior director of federal and state relations, was quick to downplay the significance of the numbers...
Harvard won’t downplay Veach’s importance tomorrow, but equal attention must be paid to Benson. Rushing by committee, the tandem has accounted for 742 yards and eight touchdowns on 150 carries, with neither dominating in any of the statistical categories...