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...low-key Hayes summed up the feelings of the team in one word, "Excellent...
...Well, what I'll do is is start quietly leaking the problems you guys are having down there. I'll low-key it, but make sure they come snooping around, maybes tell'em to look a little closer at your athletic program. By the way, I don't think I ever told you that I thought that was a great speech you gave a few years back to your alumni Really told'em off about sports. If you and Ryan can keep your teams losing for the next ten years, we'll be golden...
...similar common sense philosophy lies behind the tendency of large computer operation to downplay the location of their computer operations. "You'll never see a computer facility advertising itself. I've seen a lot that have been very low-key warehouse-type buildings and you walk in and see a beautiful ultra-modern computer at Tymeshare, a national timesharing computer network...
...admission seems strangely humble coming from Winter, a popular and respected former Governor. A low-key but courageous progressive on racial issues, Winter, 61, became a populist hero by pushing through a sweeping 1982 education reform and tax bill that, among other things, makes it mandatory beginning in 1986 for local school districts to offer kindergarten classes. After completing one term as Governor and being barred by law from succeeding himself, Winter was the obvious choice to assert the Democratic Party's claim to pre-eminence in the progressive New South...
Baker's departure has set in motion a campaign which is more low-key but at least as important as the battles raging at the state level this month. On November 28 the Senate will elect by secret ballot its next Majority leader--a man who will almost single-handedly control the body's legislative agenda, be its principal spokesman and act as his party's prime troubleshooter on the floor. It is almost certain that the Republican Party will maintain its dominance in the Senate--but the character of the person it chooses to guide it will have...