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On the other hand, Fiorina is making too little of her accomplishment because she's downplaying just how talented she had to be to rise as fast as she has and to overcome all the lingering prejudices against women executives, especially in the old-line technology industry.
Microsoft execs in general are well-known for downplaying the company's future prospects.
It wins credit for downplaying special effects in favor of story and "exploring the salutary effects of imminent doom" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). But it's said to be otherwise soporific, with too few action scenes and characters who seem oddly cavalier about their impending death.
More important, the mainstream groups are downplaying what Pollard did.
News notes that 60 percent of U.S. pregnancies are unplanned, then slams doctors for downplaying effective contraceptives such as Depo-Provera, Norplant, and IUDs.