21.   IBP downplays the incidents as isolated.

22.   Johnson attempted damage control by downplaying the incident, but general manager Kevin Malone was livid.

23.   Kerrigan, as he has all week, downplayed the incident with Martinez.

24.   Meanwhile, Clinton sought to downplay the incident.

25.   Moorer said the U.S. government has downplayed the incident in order to avoid an embarrassing diplomatic confrontation with Israel.

26.   Netscape confirmed the students had indeed found a security loophole but downplayed the incident.

27.   Motta, however, downplayed the incident, sort of.

28.   Pentagon officials would not comment on whether there was political pressure to warn the Russians of the search and downplay the incident, as Daley claims.

29.   Some veteran players Tuesday also attempted to downplay the incident.

30.   That was the approach Floyd took, downplaying the incident.