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...never been involved in a game like that," Harvard Coach Tim Murphy said. "I'm not going to underplay it. It's somewhat devastating from an emotional standpoint...
...emphasize that the Constitution does not proscribe the influence of religious thought on politics. Carter's point is in some ways compelling. If I am a religious person, and my religiosity helps define who I am, then there should be no reason for me to deny or underplay that part of my character simply to serve in government. If I were to do that, indeed, my constituents would not be electing the real...
Chen says he may not have investigated his options in depth before signing on to the ROTC four-year scholarship. He also says recruiters sometimes underplay the difficulties cadets encounter in vying for top-level job access...
Which isn't to underplay the movie's aesthetic triumph. With its unprecedented blend of narrative innocence and stylistic sophistication, of pseudomythic solemnity and high-tech kick, of abject weirdness and cunning familiarity, Star Wars helped set the standard for what a modern commercial movie can be at its best (ingenious, kinetic, exhilarating). Unfortunately it also provided a template with which countless imitators have since shown what a modern commercial movie can be at its dreariest (mind numbing, mechanical, pointlessly assaultive). For good or evil, Star Wars has been to the past two decades of American moviemaking what Ronald Reagan...
...your story on the bonobo great apes, I would like to note that for the past 50 years I have studied the social behavior of monkeys and apes. Popular books on the subject, preoccupied with male power and violence, repeatedly underplay the central role of the female in human evolution...