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In another interrogation report, however, KSM downplays the significance of his relationship to Yousef in enabling him to meet with Bin Ladin.
Diaz also gets Stark to say that Metabolife's labeling "could be misleading" because it downplays the fact that it's been tested on lab animals, not humans.
The LAT, WP, and the WSJ report that this could topple the current ruling coalition, but the NYT (which reefers the story) downplays the results, and the menace posed by the party and its leader, Joerg Haider.
The cover editorial downplays the importance of President Clinton's China trip.
He downplays the importance of arms control, stressing instead the need for non-proliferation, anti-missile systems, and the safe storage of existing nuclear weapons.