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Statisticuffs. The Prime Minister tried to keep the national temper cool by his deliberately low-key championship of the Common Market cause; he almost seemed intent on boring his countrymen into voting yes. The referendum campaign nevertheless caught fire in its final days, generating as much confusion as clarity. Pro-and anti-Marketeers continued to engage in what the Duke of Edinburgh called a "bout of statisticuffs." Each side drew upon the same meager data to make contradictory claims about the impact of EEC membership upon the British economy. While anti-Europeans argued that a yes vote would...
Peterson says there is no secret to raising money. "When you have a good product, people just want to give," and Peterson's low-key manner seems to support such an effortless view of fundraising. It's the meticulous approach that "makes people want to give to Harvard, instead of the Metropolitan Opera," Peterson says. But underneath the soft touch is an organization which Peterson says is very effective at "letting people know what their obligation is to Harvard...
Ever since their victory a month ago, the new rulers of South Viet Nam have treated the foreign press with a blend of low-key exhortation and surprisingly Western-style savvy. The Provisional Revolutionary Government (P.R.G.) has required the estimated 127 journalists in Saigon, including 27 from Communist nations, to register and pick up credentials. Otherwise it has allowed them and their Vietnamese stringers to roam freely around the city, now unofficially designated as Ho Chi Minn City. Carefully attentive, the P.R.G. has permitted Western reporters, including the eight Americans on hand for United Press International, the Associated Press...
Shaw is a good enough football player to have been offered a tryout by a professional team in the Canadian Football League after he graduates next month. But he still says he likes the low-key atmosphere around athletics here and he has never regretted not having gone to a "big-time" sports school...
...many Harvard courses, Woodside's lectures have acquired a one-word name--"Vietnam." It means that History 1821 is the place to learn Vietnamese history, to start making sense out of an insane war. Since 1969, undergraduates, Nieman Fellows, and visitors to the University have flocked to Woodside's low-key lectures, which draw eloquence more from his careful preparation than his quiet delivery. The listeners leave as Woodside fans, and praise him to their friends, so that since 1969, Woodside's reputation has been steadily swelling...