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As I said, physicists do not become scientists for the money, so I don't want to downplay the financial problems that you may face.

Iran's main state television channels did not air today's ceremony in an apparent attempt to downplay the controversy.

Even the studies addressing the impact of meat on the planet downplay vegetarianism, as if the authors are nervous to press it on people.

However, Beijing has recently sought to downplay the capabilities of the carrier, saying it would be used for training and research.

It would be irresponsible for me to downplay the magnitude of this crisis or assure you that everything is under control.

Curved shapes will downplay the angles of this face shape . Frames that are flat along the bottom can look boxy .

They would downplay their sense of vulnerability by, for example, comparing their own weight and diet favourably with that of their friends.

However, Hanoi sought to downplay the drill Monday in an apparent attempt to not antagonize its larger neighbor unnecessarily.

It may also induce aggression or downplay "feebleness in favor of a more pain-tolerant machismo, " the researchers said.

Sometimes adults try to downplay the problems teens have or think they're just a phase.

Mr. Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to downplay the sniping from officials that dominated the run-up to the summit.

They've done their best in the past to downplay theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012.

Many within the military establishment downplay the idea of a "China threat, " asserting that China's aims are not expansionist.

Nevertheless, the government does not seem concerned enough to downplay the heat.

But Thursday, officials said they were surprised by the global media coverage the drill received, and they began to downplay it.

The Bank of England's governor, Mervyn King, did little to downplay concerns about the sovereign debt crisis.

Indeed, if anything, Secretary Clinton seemed to downplay the nuclear threat from the North in her hearings.

But i'm trying to downplay my awesomeness because it speaks for itself.

The pro-Olympics lobby tends to downplay the disadvantages.

Chinese media have been ordered to downplay coverage of the attacks, but the news has still received widespread attention online.

Mr. Chen's attempt to downplay the threat China poses to Taiwan during his U. S. visit drew angry responses from many on the island.

Lingering memories of the beginning of the year, only to downplay it, can only wait in silence ah!

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Already the Nets have had to downplay speculation that Yi is more about marketing than basketball.

SPIEGEL: It's noticeable that you downplay the significance of the religious and economic factor in your interpretation.

I know that spread easily of HUA QI2, also have no worry to look for that beauty that puts on to downplay in the flower bush.

Critics could argue that these arguments downplay the risks of a "sudden stop" in financial markets.

Without thinking, many working women downplay their career contributions or prospects, especially in social conversations.

The games industry's natural defense against controversy is to downplay it, because in most cases the controversy is undeserved.

But perhaps the most blatant attempts to downplay the disaster have come from the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov.

And, in the 2000s, when Bush appointees tried to downplay the severity of global warming, Hansen was the one blowing the whistle.

Interestingly, while Americans tend to grossly exaggerate China's economic prowess, Chinese themselves downplay it.

And I don't mean to downplay engineering at all.

To exalt the Reformed confessions is to downplay the primary New Testament confession that "Jesus is Lord. "

Downplay the scary, chilling, creepy, parts of Halloween.

Skeptics downplay the significance of a potential S&P downgrade.

Dutch parents, by contrast, downplay the dangerous and difficult sides of teenage sexuality, tending to normalize it.

Some observers, however, downplay the significance of shareholder activism.

Yet most Western governments seem keen to downplay Mr Meles's human-rights record, hoping his re-election will keep his country stable.

He even seemed to downplay Mr Putin's role in the KGB, saying that every country needed an intelligence service.

Many such thinkers downplay the idea that Jesus was God, let alone a member of a complex theological partnership called the Trinity.

Coming from a government that usually strives to downplay bad news, this is a clear indication of a truly dire situation.

I say this in no effort to downplay our strong alliances around the world.

Even New Labour tended to trumpet its market-friendly approaches and to downplay important aspects of its profound statism.

The Kremlin has tried in state media to downplay the impact of the global financial crisis.

Some people wish come true, some people dream come true, the reality of sorrows and bitter, be downplay erased.

In order to explain complex science to a lay audience, scientists and journalists are prone to progressively downplay the complexity.

We as a society downplay the danger, the anxiety, and the disappointment.

But executives from some western countries are sanguine and downplay Tokyo's concerns.

Taipei, whose relations with Beijing have also been on the mend, moved to downplay the incident.

Some people appear to downplay positive aspects of their situations to limit their expectations and help them feel less pressured.

Mr Barak does not downplay Israel's long-term concern or the risk in what he is proposing.

The US press in those days duly reported but tended to downplay events that told the opposite story.

Although Mr Kan had hoped to downplay the situation, the foreign minister had faced growing calls to step down.

So we downplay the warnings from our factual mind and enjoy the warm sensation on our skin.

Aboard his plane, however, the secretary tries to downplay the importance of the budget votes.

But he should not downplay the strategic dimension of foreign policy.

Negative people tend to downplay your ideas, walk over you, patronize you etc.

They clearly recognize something that most observers in the world downplay.

And it's a scientific discovery that most health professionals are, naturally, keen to downplay.

A growing battle: Google likes to downplay the idea that Facebook is a threat.

Meanwhile, while O'Donnell and Birge downplay the structural changes, they also view the initiative strategically.

Christie's officials were quick to downplay the failed sales.

The humiliation of defeat in 1982 caused Argentina to downplay the dispute.

Does he or she downplay my feelings or interests?

He and other Chinese scholars downplay Li Yundi's and Lang Lang's stardom.

Elliot is anxious to downplay his image.

They can will themselves to action, and reinforce the positive and downplay the negative matters.

Faced by such conflicting indicators, economic policy makers--not just in China--often downplay the effect of food prices.

They downplay the chief oddity of this one, which is that foreign forces are fighting it.

Ferrara gave Melo the hairdryer treatment after the game, but the 26-year-old is doing his best to downplay the incident.

Do you tend to downplay formidable challenges?

Torrential rains and precipitously high water levels last year strained the dam and led officials to downplay its ability to control floods.

But don't downplay it. Undiagnosed asthma can make life more difficult and could even be deadly.

We do feel degree of sadness and joy, for example, but some communicators have a tendency to downplay almost every feeling.

It is easy to downplay the importance of work that feels meaningful .

To downplay or gloss over (differences, for example), especially in order to maintain a nominal, apparent, or temporary unity.

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Chinese tend to downplay news of their rising power: