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...last two Cups, had been quietly cast off by her East Coast backers after the victory in 1970. She was bought by a Seattle group and placed under the direction of San Diego Yacht Builder Gerry Driscoll, who is competing in his first Cup race. With the low-key Driscoll at the helm, Intrepid and her 13-man crew have beaten the new boats six times while losing only three races...
...scene is the new exurbia outside Paris, where a saucy mini-gratte-ciel apartment building full of affluent city commuters not only scrapes the sky but rubs nearby villagers and the demoralized peasantry the wrong way. Henri Castang, Freeling's new sleuth, is a low-key public servant who, like Van der Valk, cites Proust and Dickens without sounding pretentious...
When the surprisingly low-key debate ended, some court experts professed disappointment that the arguments had not been as sophisticated or deeply probing, on the part of either the Justices or the attorneys, as the occasion demanded. To most laymen, however, the legal subtleties were not important. Mobbed by photographers and spectators on emerging from the hearing, Jaworski was confronted by loud applause and a shouted, highly unprofessional accolade: "Dynamite job, Leon!" St. Clair, smiling broadly and radiating confidence, was surrounded by a smaller but enthusiastic crowd...
Cambridge Common Concerts on Sundays are starting up again, except they're not at Cambridge Common any more but at Herter Park on the Charles instead. They're usually very low-key and pleasant, with a band and some arts exhibits and crafts stands...
Besides the leaks, much of the criticism centers on the slow, low-key presentation of evidence by the committee's chief counsel John Doar (see box following page). While most members consider his approach eminently fair, some feel that it so carefully weighs all factors with equal emphasis that the significance of the evidence is lost. "There's no advocate, no prosecutor," protested one Democratic leader. "The committee is drowning in a sea of material," added a proimpeachment Republican. "There's no direction...