Word: downplaying
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Regrettably, both Defeat Homophobia and the majority opinion downplay the fact that the gay student may have indeed been "pushing too hard" in asking the other man to dance--by allegedly stroking his lower back and feeling his buttocks. The reaction to the gay student's advances, the claim is, was fueled primarily by the widespread homophobia that exists on campus...
...widespread early complaint was that Administration officials, notably Budget Director Richard Darman, were using sleight of hand to downplay the bailout's true cost. Darman originally seemed to say that the cost to taxpayers would total about $40 billion in the first decade, but that number in fact described only how much the plan would aggravate budget deficits. The actual spending from general revenues would be closer to $60 billion. But purely from an accounting standpoint, its impact will be offset by $20 billion in increased insurance-premium fees to be collected from the banking industry -- even though the funds...
...primary winner's campaign has tried to downplay the differences between the two candidates, saying that Graham and Thompson would tend to vote the same way on most issues...
...John F. Kennedy School of Government" in print. Some say that when people at the Kennedy School are bored, they count the number of references to the school inserted into the Congressional Record. But if someone wants to write about the school's links to Dukakis, they try to downplay the whole thing...
Many such thinkers downplay the idea that Jesus was God, let alone a member of a complex theological partnership called the Trinity. They emphasize his human qualities, in the hope that believers might better identify with him. But will most people be inspired by this sort of Jesus, who is so different from the Christ of the New Testament, who has captivated artists and peasants alike over the centuries? Will they want to stake their lives on a person about whom so little is certain and who is only dimly divine...