Word: downplaying
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WHILE WE wholeheartedly agree that President Bok must make himself more personally accountable to his divestiture critics, we cannot, as the majority does, downplay Bok's conspicuous absence throughout the two day period of last week's pro-divestiture rally and subsequent vigil outside Massachusetts Hall. That absence bespeaks a caution and arrogance that has made Bok a first-rate lawyer-and a third-rate leader...
...despite Masters's efforts to downplay House stereotypes, most freshmen said images will play a big role in their choice...
After announcing the U.S. decision to participate in Middle East discussions with the Soviets, Administration officials quickly sought to downplay their importance. Reason: there was speculation that Washington was at least considering a reversal of its opposition to Moscow's participation in Middle East peace negotiations. A day after the meetings were set, Reagan declared unequivocally: "We definitely are not in support of an idea of a great international conference on the Middle East." As a British official explained, "Such a conference would give the Soviets a virtual veto on anything they disliked...
Even before Mikhail Gorbachev, 53, the fast-rising heir apparent in the Kremlin, touched down last Saturday at London's Heathrow Airport, British officials were busy trying to downplay the importance of his eight-day official visit. The British feared that the trip would focus too much Western attention on his status as the most likely successor to Soviet Leader Konstantin Chernenko. That in turn might weaken Gorbachev's chances and strengthen those of his chief rival for the job, Grigori Romanov, 61, a fellow Politburo member widely considered to be a dogmatic hardliner. Nonetheless, Prime Minister Margaret...
...creation of a very large industry." Harvey Fineberg, dean of Harvard's School of Public Health, attributes fully one-third of the past decade's increase in Medicare costs to the increased use of high-tech medicine, particularly surgical and diagnostic procedures. "I don't mean to downplay the bravery of this individual," Fineberg says of last week's artificial-heart recipient, "but someone has to speak up for the thousands of people whose names are not on everybody's lips, who are dying just as surely as Mr. Schroeder, and whose deaths are preventable...