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...past shown itself extremely unwilling to bow to pressures from outside influences. But many students say that the limited steps that the U.S. has taken have already shown some positive effect. Although the wave of arrests and executions still continues, it is proceeding in a much more low-key style, says...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Pushing for Change Across the Ocean | 7/14/1989 | See Source »

After an active--if politically low-key--semester that was winding down with a $50,000 Suzanne Vega concert, the second-semester council appeared comfortable in its middle...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Questions Remain for Council | 5/5/1989 | See Source »

...SafeStreets volunteers have undergone training sessions at the police station, members say. "It's pretty low-key," says Bell. "We basically watch a filmstrip that discusses the smart and the stupid things to do and say if you are approached at night by potential attackers...

Author: By Liza M. Velazquez, | Title: Walking to Take Back the Night | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...does a President stay up while going down? "This low-key, no-pressure, no-sweat President has engendered more response than Ronald Reagan," says political analyst Horace Busby, once an aide to Lyndon Johnson. "The American people have much less need for Washington than Washington wants to believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Just Folks Presidency | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...learned and low-key, Johnson is an ideal host for the series, which first appeared on Britain's innovative Channel 4. The author of a standard encyclopedia of wine, as well as an invaluable World Atlas of Wine, Johnson is Britain's foremost wine critic; he is admired by his peers as much for his prose as for his palate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Wine In Its Time | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

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