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Thus the struggle became a complex triangular fight between the House, Senate and President. The reasoning at the White House was that Carter would take his stand on holding down the budget deficit, fighting inflation and limiting the tax cut. In a low-key, candid meeting with the Senate's Russell Long and House...
...President was at his understated, low-key best, and if he did not convince his skeptical audience, he did not antagonize them either. In his opening remarks, he pledged: "There is no way that this legislation which has been proposed...can possibly hurt any competent and dedicated public servant...
...newcomers often lead low-key lives for fear of kidnapings and potential retaliation against their families back home. The Iranians, for example, are seldom to be seen in fashionable bistros or stores. (One high-living exception is Henry Hakim, 24, who claims to own one of Southern California's biggest trading companies; he says that he ships back home to Iran 85% of all sunglasses sold in that country-where everyone, it seems, wears sunglasses.) Nonetheless, the new immigrants show a certain style wherever they settle. The Europeans, in particular, tend to have a sleek insouciance that immediately sets...
...Department Spokesman Hodding Carter III warned that the summonses hindered the "ability of U.S. journalists to function freely" in Moscow. He added: "We hope the Soviet authorities will reflect very carefully on the broader implications of this issue." The State Department's initial retaliation in the case was low-key. U.S. officials quietly summoned eight Soviet correspondents in Washington to "have their credentials reviewed." Some were out of town, but two very nervous Tass reporters and one from Izvestiya appeared at the office of Kenneth Brown, director of the Office of Press Relations, for a solemn 35-minute chat...
Inserted into the concert footage are a series of interviews Scorsese conducted with 'The Band at their plush retreat, and while these sequences are prone to low-key self-congratulation, the interviews are, for the most part, interesting, amusing, and somehow tied to the following number. The personalities of The Band's members come into focus--Levon Helm, the Southern gentleman who grins and shies away from saying too much about the women on the road; Danko cracking jokes and showing off the house; and Robertson, the seasoned storyteller, recounting the history of the group...