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Having been enrolled in two of Ephraim Isaac's courses. I find myself in a position to evaluate his contributions to the learning process. In each course the atmosphere was low-key and congenial and his approach was excellent. With succeeding lectures, my interest became more genuine. To be sure, the experience of taking these courses proved rewarding: they enhanced my ability to perceive--not purely in the academic sense, but with respect to everyday living as well. The zeal and humanness which Professor Isaac radiated was almost unreal and needless to say, greatly appreciated. And isn't that...
...Minutes with Jack Benny, swiftly became the country's most civilized performance. When Jack tried a Broadway revue, Robert Benchley marveled at his savoir-faire. Yet somehow Benny always seemed a cut below headliner status. His few films for MGM were undistinguished; he was too low-key for nightclubs. By mid-Depression the choice was narrow: the new medium of radio or the old misery of starvation...
...Spottswood's low-key manner soon came under attack from angry young militants. In the heat of the civil rights struggle, his own anger grew. In 1969, he lashed out at the Nixon Administration as "anti-black" and in 1970 claimed that "killing black Americans has been the 20th century pastime of our police...
...Low-Key Teacher. The aggressive young linemen like John Hannah and Leon Gray who open holes for Herron and Cunningham also block pass rushers for Quarterback Jim Plunkett, a novel experience for the 1970 Heisman Trophy winner from Stanford. Plunkett spent his first three years in New England ducking tacklers. He has responded to the new security blanket by tossing 14 touchdown passes...
...gave the Patriots their aggressive attack and shrewdly gathered their young talent (average age: 24) is Head Coach Chuck Fairbanks. Fairbanks, 41, joined New England two years ago after coaching Oklahoma to a 52-15-1 record. He has transformed the Patriots with a low-key, work-hard approach. "He's a teacher," says Kicker John Smith. "He doesn't bawl and shout." What he does do is organize, breaking down the Patriots' long practices into carefully plotted six-minute drills. Says Plunkett: "The guys are fired up. We want to win, and we're having...