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The paper downplays any leftover bitterness from the Falklands War or the 1986 World Cup match in which Argentina beat England on an illegal play: "Maybe during the war we were angry.
In a reefer, the Post downplays Bradley's health problem.
In another interrogation report, however, KSM downplays the significance of his relationship to Yousef in enabling him to meet with Bin Ladin.
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.
The AFI's list of all-time greats downplays the influence of credentialed taste-makers, cinema scholarship, and educated judgment.