Word: overplaying
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...conservation message that some felt was missing in the previous weeks. "I take responsibility for absorption in the policy and blindness to the politics," says Matalin. "But this is one of those cases where perception is not reality. Reality is reality. Democrats are going to overplay the politics...
...Bernstein on the PR rep. How big is it, you ask, on a scale of one to ten, with one being the horrifyingly awful hockey-puck mouse and ten being the original Macintosh? Between five and seven, they say. Just enough to keep you interested; not enough to overplay their hand...
...politics is played these days, Gore seems to be saying, at least we're in there working it, refusing to give an inch on moral fervor. (Gore, said Lieberman, "has never wavered...as a servant of God Almighty.") But the Gore campaign knows it's all too easy to overplay the religion thing, which is why Lieberman dialed back the devotion later in the week--no prayers or invocations of God on the stump, just some remarks about Gore's "courage" that didn't explain what he'd been courageous about...
...take in more than $250,000 in subsidies. Perhaps most important, the state will now provide day-care center report cards, giving parents the tools for deciding the best place for their kids. Chumney, happy with her victory, is nevertheless cautious about the future. "I'm trying not to overplay it," she says. "Change takes time...
...shot frame. Duquenne's performance is one of subtlety and internal calculation. Her vacant expression as she decides whether she should save her drowning friend is absolutely chilling, and the defiance demonstrated when Rosetta catches her mother in an aforementioned compromising position is absolutely remarkable, because she refuses to overplay the character. Such an extent of delicacy and nuance in portrayal is all too rare...