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...low-key, stiff campaigner, Brock, 45, never managed to shake off his challenger, even though he spent $1 million-nearly twice as much as Sasser. The Democrat's big break came when the State Labor Council at a press conference compared Brock's extraordinarily low 1975 tax payment to that of a steel worker, a railroad engineer and an auto worker-who earn far less. Brock claimed that business expenses, charitable contributions and operating costs for a blind trust reduced his tax liability. Lapel buttons with the claim "I paid more taxes than Brock" began to sprout...
...able but low-key Esch, 49, entered Congress with Riegle in 1967 when both were Republicans (Riegle switched parties in 1973). Though a former speech teacher, Esch was no match for his foe as a speaker, or in stirring interest in the issues, on most of which he is more conservative than Riegle-an activist liberal and author of an expose of Washington called O Congress. Perhaps Don Riegle's biggest plus: the support of organized labor, which had opposed him in the primary as a Donnie-come-lately...
...such low-key political communities, a candidate can win without party machinery to back him, as Charlie did; but he must make an exhaustive door-to-door campaign that entails a personal commitment not easily reconciled to defeat...
Playing opposite her, Cornelia Ravenel makes a low-key, sensuous and soft-spoken Kate. Enwrapped in fantasy, she lounges on her divan, her eyes half-closed, as her two lovers fight for the territory of her body; then, terrible in her knowledge, she strikes back, her soft voice hissing vindictiveness. It is all remarkably effective...
...might expect of a defending champion, the selection of replacements for graduating lettermen was low-key. Players coming into camp were placed on one of five teams; the red, white, blue, green and gold. Personnel changes were made only cautiously, after evaluating long term performance and general improvement rather than according to the outcome of individual drills. On the offensive line, depleted by graduation, Coach George Karras made special efforts to see each of his prospective starters in action. He decided upon the five starters against Columbia only after viewing the film from the Red and White scrimmage several times...