Word: down-to-earth
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...kind of a fun thing that the team does,” Benkreira said. “Part of what I do is keeping things from getting really tense and keeping things fun.”Benkreira is particularly successful it this enviable task. His down-to-earth nature and witty sense of humor entertain his teammates and coaches, alleviating some of the stress that builds up after long hours on the water or in the erg room.During one fall practice, lightweight varsity coach Charley Butt chided Benkreira about his blade work in the water. Butt implied that the pushing...
...Cavalli's models wore flat sandals, too, which gave them an unusually down-to-earth style...
...soon came courting. A slew of commissions, CDs and concert tours has bulked up Barton's impressive c.v., culminating in a performance at the Cit? de la Musique in Paris last November. "I tell you, he was a superstar," reports composer Lim, who was on hand. And refreshingly down-to-earth. While taking a break from recording in Sydney earlier this year, Barton sipped chai tea while reminiscing about his newfound love of Guinness-drinking in Ireland. "Sweet like nectar," he says. The same could be said of the sublime sounds from this new branch of an old musical tree...
...charge of catering, the ladies want to check on numbers and whether Frank would prefer sandwiches or sausage rolls as the morning tea's centerpiece. Though Taylor can be of little help on either count, the ladies like their local guardian very much. "A very nice chap ... a down-to-earth man," they chorus. "Everyone speaks highly...
...truth, Raul really has little choice but to be practical. He is known to be more down-to-earth and sociable than Fidel - unlike Fidel, he loves to drink, dance and tell ribald jokes - and he has been Fidel's most trusted No. 2 since they were guerrillas fighting in Cuba's eastern Sierra Maestra in the 1950s. But Raul enjoys little if any of the mystical popularity that Fidel still retains, at least among older Cubans, and which has helped keep him in power since his 1959 revolution. That's a big reason why the government in recent months...