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...playing George Wallace, hurling racist slurs, and chanting "segregation forever." While David Stockman's book reveals some racist attitudes at the White House, and the press worried for a while that Reagan was going to "turn back the clock" on civil rights, the Reagan Administration has taken a pretty low-key posture on civil rights...
While competition among the groups for singers isn't intense, some of the new groups are eager to distinguish themselves from their older peers. Several, including McLane's Singing Rats who started out as a band of Christmas carollers, bill themselves as low-key...
Several members of Congress also pop up in the guessing game. Wyoming Congressman Dick Cheney is a low-key conservative who has experience as an adviser to Richard Nixon and chief of staff for Gerald Ford. The two Indiana Senators, Richard Luger and Dan Quayle, have been strong conservative leaders, and either could help in the Midwest battleground...
Vice President George Bush, bidding to extend his winning streak in New England, led Bob Dole last night in the Vermont Republican presidential primary, as Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis defeated four other Democrats in the low-key, low-stakes tuneup for Super Tuesday...
...Rather's sights were set higher. As retirement approached for Evening News veteran Anchorman Walter Cronkite, Rather and Roger Mudd emerged as the two chief contenders to replace him. Though close to the same age, the pair seemed to represent different eras of TV journalism. Mudd was cerebral and low-key, the well-connected Washington insider. Rather was the brash, high-profile network terrier -- and an undeniable star. Sometimes too much the star. For one well-publicized 60 Minutes story, Rather traveled into Afghanistan disguised in native garb. He introduced himself to a rebel leader with the memorable line "Hello...