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the press has brushed aside the question of what exactly is wrong with the explanation that the situation creates the perception of impropriety."
The Czech government has brushed off these claims.
Adolescent drift and empty hedonism can't be brushed off merely as a phase, readily outgrown.
' " 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.