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...Saturday afternoon, the Harvard track teams hosted a low-key invitational meet against teams from Bentley, Boston University and Northeastern in which no team scores were kept. Many Crimson competitors ran outside of their usual events, and few benchmark performances were recorded...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Track Faces Top Competition in New York, New Balance | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...Later that night James Taylor performed. His set served to remind listeners just how hard it is to make music that's low-key and interesting at the same time. Taylor's was the former but it wasn't the latter. Taylor performed "Carolina In My Mind," "Every Day," "Line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock in Rio, Part 3 | 1/18/2001 | See Source »

...White really helped out the Republicans by being low-key. He appeared before the Senate to salvage his good name, which he obviously did. If he splattered mud on Ashcroft in the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'White Hurts Ashcroft, but the Wound Shouldn't Be Fatal' | 1/18/2001 | See Source »

...every day. Speeding through the park at the height of summer on strange-looking wheeled units attached to Day-Glo Nordic ski boots and preposterously long poles is one of the few ways to actually attract attention in New York City. It took some time to reconcile my inherently low-key Scandinavian temperament with the whole public-spectacle thing - the unself-conscious stares, the involuntary comments, the tourists scrambling for their cameras etc., etc. For the first few weeks I just gritted my teeth and applied my "gotta finish what I've started" attitude to get through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happiness Is a Warm Gun on a Cold Day | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...Clinton Legacy: The Clinton administration's high profile responses to Bin Laden have been disastrous; their low-key responses have been a lot more effective. Cruise missiles are not a particularly useful weapon against terrorists who need no bases. But patient cooperation with allied intelligence services and good police work has paid dividends in thwarting a number of attacks and breaking up a number of Bin Laden networks. Still, the problem of terrorism is more political than military, and Bin Laden is certainly a prime beneficiary from the fact that U.S. standing in the Arab world has diminished considerably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Urgent Attention: President Bush | 12/28/2000 | See Source »

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