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...Ryan, 18, arrived last year at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., for an orientation for accepted students. But their pride soon turned to perplexity. On the schedule was a visit to the school chapel. A loyal alumnus, Antoon remembered academy chaplains as a low-key group who made no attempt to press their brand of faith on others. But that day, before a crowd that probably included future cadets of all creeds, the chaplain at the microphone boasted about the huge popularity of Christian Bible studies, and several of his colleagues, Antoon recalls, responded, "Amen" and "Hallelujah...
Nadal, who became the first teen to win a men's Grand Slam event since Pete Sampras took the U.S. Open in 1990, stays low-key when not crushing a ball. "A dream came true for me in Paris, but I will remain the same person," Nadal tells TIME. "It would be stupid to change." Raised on the island of Majorca, Nadal has athleticism in his blood. His uncle Miguel Angel, dubbed el Carnicero (the Butcher), was a bruising defender on Spain's national soccer team. Another uncle, Toni, taught natural righty Nadal to play tennis left-handed, a serving...
...seems a low-key, mundane existence for the intensely shy woman with the larger-than-life legacy...
Herrmann said the team’s mood during the week—it arrived in Orange County midday on Wednesday—was “really positive,” and equally low-key...
...Made of equal parts passion and personal charm, he acted during the campaign as if he wanted to shake hands with every one of the city's 4 million citizens. He could not be more different from the man he trounced (59% to 41%), incumbent James Hahn, 54, whose low-key, uncharismatic approach to the mayor's office proved a fatal flaw in an election between two Democrats that turned more on matters of style and leadership than policy...