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...Taylor has, in fact, been quietly leading the way since his very first collegiate goal, the game-winner in a 2-1 nail-biter over hockey powerhouse Boston University during his freshman year. Back then, Taylor looked up to another soft-spoken leader: assistant captain Ryan Lannon...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOCKEY PREVIEW 2007-08: Fire and Ice | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

...number of men at the helm or the positions they play, but rather the complementary nature of their personalities. After 28 years of individual Harvard captains and one disappointing 2006-07 season, they have been called upon to lead the Crimson as a unit: outspoken Dave MacDonald and soft-spoken Mike Taylor, the natural leader and the consummate professional...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOCKEY PREVIEW 2007-08: Fire and Ice | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

...soft-spoken mid-Cambridge resident’s bid for a seat on the City Council fell short by just 90 votes. This year the Harvard-trained urban planner is back, waging another issues-based campaign similar to the one that endeared him to progressives throughout the city two years...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Urban Planner Makes Second Push for Office | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...Washington's soft-spoken, gently smiling and ingratiating performance, he is altogether more charming than most of his predecessors; it comes as a real shock when he must off a competitor or a betrayer. And we enjoy seeing him enjoy his success - the gigantic mansion in which he installs his formerly dirt-poor family, his trophy wife, the celebrity that comes to him. There has never been much point in deploring a gangster's rise; it's his demise that we fear - the notion that the American go-getter must inevitably be gotten. "Mother of Mercy, is this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Gangster: Seductive Crime | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...those who do not follow ultimate fighting, Couture is the sport's Babe Ruth, a classy, soft-spoken gladiator who is nicknamed "The Natural." For fans, his endurance, toughness and proficiency embodies mixed martial arts, the technical name of the sport. Such is his fame that he is now making a foray into movies, with a lead role in Universal's The Scorpion King: The Rise of the Akkadian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ultimate Fighting's Ultimate Fight | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

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