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...little money and they have this huge spread with a marble floor. First, that distracts them from their job, and second, if you go through a dry spell you're living beyond your means. It's important to keep the family thread. We want to keep our offices low-key. That's why we have cubicles. Yeah, you might be the CFO, but you're getting a cubicle - just to keep everyone down to earth. It sends a message that "Yeah, you're getting paid, but when you're at work, you've got to stay down to earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Mitchell Diggs, a.k.a. Divine | 11/16/2000 | See Source »

...because the highest positions were chosen first and three of the top four positions were uncontested, the evening was more a low-key discussion of PBHA past and present than a battle for titles...

Author: By Colin K. Jost, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PBHA Chooses New Leadership | 11/16/2000 | See Source »

Bush concluded his marathon 18-month campaign, in which he spent $167 million, with a midnight rally at the Austin airport Monday night, and then got four to five hours of sleep before spending a low-key Election Day with his family...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deadlock: Recount Ordered | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

...more of a low-key soft spoken guy who will lead by example," Mazzoleni said. "He's a very bright young man who articulates himself very well. When Steven says something the guys will listen...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Set to Soar in 2000-01 | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...read these stories about me," says Theron, 25, who's actually wearing blue jeans and munching on French fries in a coffee shop on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, "and I think, 'Whoa! I want to be that girl.'" Today, except for the occasional swear word, she's very low-key. She's doing nothing to distract us from her one truly remarkable, and too often ignored, aspect: her admirable versatility as an actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Glamour Guts And Glory | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

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