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The WP front-pager on this states that for five years, the U.S. Army "brushed aside" these very allegations, and the LAT's front effort calls the military's current stance an "abrupt about-face."
the press has brushed aside the question of what exactly is wrong with the explanation that the situation creates the perception of impropriety."
Similarly, Japanese calligraphy has a great artistic tradition, no less great than that of Japanese watercolor painting or Japanese costume, and beautifully brushed poems may appear next to watercolor images similar to those that often appear on clothes.
But his repeated warnings were brushed off ; last year, Elizabeth Moler, the then-acting Energy Secretary, told him to withhold his findings from Congress, who could use them to criticize Clinton's policy towards China.
The administration has brushed off the charges with the same deft techniques--the dodge, the denial, and the claim of irrelevancy--that characterized its handling of Flytrap.