Word: laid-back
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...dizzied by newfound fame, boy crashes out of competition. China's champion hurdler LIU XIANG seemed to be following that trajectory after his golden turn in Athens, where he tied the world record in the 110-m hurdles. The onslaught of patriotic obligations and commercial contracts overwhelmed the laid-back Shanghai native. Even as his visage was plastered on billboards nationwide, Liu lost his athletic focus, spending less time in training and consequently injuring his knee. Nevertheless, by the summer, Liu's off-track burden had eased, and in August the 22-year-old hurdler strode back onto the medal...
...such a great player but because he’s such a tough, charismatic character on the field on game day,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “On the other hand, off the field he’s one of our quietest, humblest, laid-back kids. He’s truly a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality when it comes to football...
...Parker's laid-back delivery, which can seem mannered in some roles, is perfect for the shell-shocked Nancy, and the characters are well realized almost down the line. (The exceptions are her egregiously stereotyped black pot suppliers.) Creator-writer Jenji Kohan gives Weeds an arch yet dreamy tone that improves on its two obvious influences. It's Desperate Housewives with nuance, Six Feet Under without the self-seriousness, a pot comedy worth the buzz...
...something more than legendary to those who followed the sport. Said one admirer: "I don't know what God looks like, but I know what He sounds like." In 1977 his daughter, Cyra McFadden, created a literary stir with her first novel. The Serial, a wry look at some laid-back suburban lives in California's Marin County. There was not much in this book, frankly, to attract die-hard rodeo fans. On the other hand, it seems fair to assume that most of those who bought and enjoyed The Serial had never heard of Cy Taillon...
...said. If you were on the fence even in the slightest, if you weren't 100% sure you wanted to be in this fight, you shouldn't be here at all. Beyer didn't know those cadets or whether they knew her or whether they saw her as a laid-back swimmer type without a soldier's steel. Still, their comments cut straight through her and destroyed the frail truce she had made with West Point. "I just shut up," she says. "But I was so angry. 'What the hell am I doing here?' I asked myself. The attitude...