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...fastest sculler in the United States is a low-key guy. "There's something about messing around in boats that I find pleasant." Tiff Wood '75 says simply about the sport to which he has dedicated the last 16 years of his life...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Tiff Wood | 10/22/1983 | See Source »

...burger cottage, which may build a balcony soon to accomodate more customers, also keeps low-key hours by the standards of the Square; it closes early in the evening and remains shuttered on Sundays...

Author: By Jean E. Engelmayer, | Title: Cooking Up Hamburgers For Two Generations | 9/22/1983 | See Source »

...general, the programs have been accepted, and through trial and error. Harvard in the '80s has settled on curricular advice as the export that will best aid developing nations. Despite the University's tendency to be low-key--using individual contacts, and restricting advice to already existing institutions or to short-term seminars--the requests from developing nations keep flooding...

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: Spreading the Word | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...Africa's insistence that Namibian independence be linked to the withdiawal of an estimated 30,000 Cuban Hoops in neighboring Angola. Although the issue was sidestepped last week, the negotiators had, as Perez de Cuellar put it, made "meaningful progress." The most significant accomplishment, perhaps, was intangible. The low-key Peruvian Secretary-General convinced the South African government that he was not biased in favor of the South-West Africa People's Organization of Namibia (SWAPO), the guerrilla group that has been fighting for Namibian independence since 1966. By winning the confidence of South Africa's leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southern Africa: Gaining Ground | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...also occasionally be seen at the Orson Welles, which is located next to Chi-Chi's on Mass Ave towards Central Square. The Orson Welles' three screens cater to all types of movie tastes. Foreign films that have just made it to Boston, American documentaries or other low-budget, low-key movies that wouldn't make it to any other movie house are typical fare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Assortment of Silver Screens | 7/1/1983 | See Source »

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