They suggest an intent on the part of some U.S. officials to sweep this affair under the proverbial rug.

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This is not an issue that black America can continue to sweep under the rug.

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Then later the aftermath flares up again in your life, but you still choose to suppress it, sweep it under the rug.

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You know, those ones many people just sweep under the rug.

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It is one thing for a rogue group of coaches to run out of control, it is another for the governing body to sweep it under the rug.

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Romney chose to sweep it under the rug.

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"There is no way that you could have him commit perjury or obstruction of justice and somehow sweep it under the rug, " he said.

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When a member of an institution has done something wrong, the instinct of other members within that institution is to sweep it under the proverbial rug as quickly as possible.

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Well, I did not run for President to sweep our messes under the rug with the next election in mind. (Applause.) I ran for President to solve our problems -- once and for all -- with the next generation in mind.

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"About half the schools in the country are still in the Dark Ages when it comes to admitting violence happens--they would rather just sweep it under the rug, " claims Catherine Bath, executive director of Security on Campus.

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