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Sanders is well-known for his low-key approach to the game, which will be a marked contrast to Heinsohn's feverish style...
...reasons for the great American love affair with the kitchen. Starting with the G.I.s of World War II and continuing with the tourists lured to faraway places by low-priced jet packages, solid steak-and-tater burghers have returned home by the millions with tingling memories of the rites and delights of other nations' tables. Julia Child's 1961 book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her superbly low-key, artfully maladroit TV demonstrations were immensely influential in persuading her fellow citizens that serious cuisine is not some kind of Gallic voodoo but rather the art of the eminently...
...despite all the disadvantages and restrictions of the Harvard program, basketball is undergoing a transformation. A new spirit of optimism and a confidence lacking the past few seasons now pervades the IAB. The laid-back, low-key days of Harvard basketball seem to have made their exit, and an aggressive, spirited program has moved into its place...
...Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin has revitalized Harvard's basketball program. McLaughlin brings with him a spirit that the IAB has lacked for some time now. Satch, an ex-Boston Celtic, was a great player and a knowledgable coach, but he was quiet, low-key, and just the wrong man for Harvard. The Crimson program needs someone to pick it up off the floor and kick it back into shape. It needs an active, aggressive leader. McLaughlin can be that type of leader and he has wasted no time starting...
Carter last week made a low-key televised appeal for public support of his approach, while going out of his way to avoid antagonizing Congress. Said he: "This is not a contest of strength between the President and the Congress, nor between the House and the Senate." Moreover, White House lobbyists have not tried to pressure the conference committees. On Carter's orders, says Press Secretary Jody Powell, the White House will "not get directly involved until the crucial moment." Says another presidential adviser: "Obviously we're not going to get all we want." Compromise...