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' " Strategist James Carville similarly brushed off questions about Lewinsky: "When you see what King Hussein has said about this president," asked Carville, "who do you believe has got more integrity and character?
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.
As a member of Broderick's team, the spiky, forward redhead Vicki Lewis could have walked off with the picture if she hadn't been brushed aside in favor of a dumb blond aspiring TV reporter, played by Maria Pitillo--a sitcom actress who can't utter a line without the left side of her mouth curling up in Valley Girl incredulity or down in Valley Girl petulance.
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.
Yet most brushed off these well-known vices as incidental to the real story, which was about economic growth that was the wonder of the world.