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...low-key, University of Texas-educated lawyer is facing some of his greatest challenges since he became Treasury Secretary in 1985. Baker, 57, is seeing many of his initiatives -- on worldwide economic growth, Third World debt and the alignment of currencies -- stymied. As a result, his aura of achievement has lost some of its luster. Says Byron Wien, chief domestic- portfolio strategist at the Morgan Stanley investment firm: "The initial enthusiasm for Baker and his initiatives has dissipated. We all hope he'll get his second wind...
Because of his past theater and television roles, Howard says he is frequently recognized in public. Still his off-stage persona is low-key in contrast to his high-intensity performance in the "End of The World With Symposium To Follow...
After an event like Watergate or the Iran-Contra affair, there is a tendency for critics to lay the blame on the White House organization, said Richard B. Cheney, who, when he was chief of staff to President Ford, was critical of his low-key approach to government in the post-Watergate...
...that he enjoyed special spiritual grace, and some fans concluded he had faith- healing powers. But when he died at home last week after a brief hospitalization, he was best known as a synonym for glorious excess. After an aborted attempt in 1958 at a button-down, close-cropped, low-key look, Liberace came to understand that in the heartland where he found his audiences, less remained less and only more was more...
...This is part of a long-term, coordinated,low-key attempt by Harvard to help the homeless,"Shattuck said...