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...dictionary definition of whip (to lash, pull, jerk, snatch) is a fair description of the job to which House Democrats last week elected Michigan's David Bonior. As majority whip, the bearded, low-key Bonior, 46, is now responsible for counting heads prior to key votes and twisting the arms of Democrats who stray from the party fold. The eight-term Congressman also becomes the third-ranking House Democrat, replacing Pennsylvania's William Gray on the House escalator that often leads to the jobs of majority leader and then Speaker. Gray resigned last month to head up the United Negro...
...next month, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations arrived at its guinea pig site, Stanford University, and the government discovered significantly, costly improprieties. As their interest piqued, investigators then broadened the scope to Harvard Medical School and MIT. And now, after nine months, what began as a low-key fact-finding mission has snowballed into a massive federal inquiry that has drawn the interest of at least seven independent federal agenices and has engulfed nearly 300 colleges and universities...
...thawed relationship with John Paul is a major accomplishment of Peter- Hans Kolvenbach, 61, who was elected the society's superior general when the Pope restored normal self-rule in 1983. A low-key and unflappable native of the Netherlands, Kolvenbach was formerly a missionary educator in the Middle East and head of Rome's Oriental Institute...
Director Jennifer Giering deserves a lot of credit for A...My Name Is Alice's success. Her staging is clean and energetic. But she makes some odd casting choices. She chose to cast two men in small parts usually played by women, or neglected altogether. Matt Damon gives low-key, humorous performances as a nerdy boyfriend and a lecherous construction worker, and performer Phil King dances well, but their appearances are superfluous. During "I Sure Like The Boys," normally staged as a solo, Giering has Davis and Phil King dance while Harad sings. The novelty of the men's appearances...
...They are a low-key group, but you can see the enthusiasm," Caples said. "They are very focused prior to the game, which is nice to see in a young group...