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Saenz returned home to tell her parents the good news, interrupting them as they were watching a video. Their reaction was strangely low-key. “It wasn’t that bad,” she says. “My dad just kind of sat there...
...sauces. The whole approach is tailor-made for busy Parisians in search of a lunchtime snack and a little something to take home for supper. Visiting New Yorkers contemplating its bright display cases and rows of prepacked salads may recognize Be as a deli. But with its natural stonework, low-key lighting and spray-finished zinc, it's a deli with a decidedly French flair. You won't find any six-packs of Budweiser, but you will be able to pick up a '98 Meursault for €107 a bottle. And for once the sandwiches are excellent...
...resistance to civil rights was low-key but consistent. He supported a constitutional amendment in 1979 to prohibit school busing, but it failed. In 1981 Lott persuaded President Reagan to support tax exemptions for racially segregated private schools, a shift in federal policy. Lott also filed his brief with the Supreme Court, defending the tax-exempt status of Bob Jones University, arguing that "racial discrimination does not always violate public policy." The court sided against Lott and the school. In 1982 Lott voted against extension of the Voting Rights Act, but it passed into law. In 1983, he voted against...
...this year’s Peter Ivers Visiting Artists, Daniel and Schmidt continued the week with their insights on the nature of electronic music in a series of low-key workshops and discussions. “I was excited to have a chance to stretch out in time something that I’m used to doing in thirty minutes,” Daniel told FM, referring to the presentations they often give at art colleges...
With the first round of postering, some of the six tickets kicked off a campaign that council insiders say promises—in contrast to last year’s low-key contest between only two slates of serious candidates—to be a fiercely competitive race...