Word: soft-spoken
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...Benedict's summation that turned the tide. A tweedy, silver-haired George Plimpton type who shuns the limelight, Benedict was soft-spoken for most of the trial. (At one point a member of the jury even had to ask him to speak up.) But his closing argument was a tour de force. Orchestrating a barrage of tapes, photographs and flashing transcripts, Benedict wove dozens of disparate facts into a simple scenario as chilling as any thriller: Skakel, jealous because Moxley flirted with Tommy, beat her to death in a drunken rage, masturbated over her body, then crept back...
...that Wade Horn is not your typical George W. Bush appointee. For one thing, the 47-year-old volunteered for George McGovern and played guitar in a folk-rock ensemble that favored trippy tunes like A Horse with No Name by America. Unlike Rumsfeld or Powell, he's so soft-spoken, you have to lean in to hear him. When he spouts statistics about family-dissolution rates, you wonder how he found himself in the towel-snapping world...
During his term, the soft-spoken and well-liked President raised a record $2.6 billion for the University. He also is credited with building Harvard’s Afro-American studies department and advocating diversity...
...soft-spoken man sits in the quiet enclaves of the Barker Center, reflecting on Nigeria’s past and prospects...
...Soft-spoken former journalist Alan Brady founded the vineyard in 1987 but soon tired of the endless promoting and tourism. He moved down the road to start again, this time in search of the perfect Pinot Noir. "I really wanted to get back to the reality of wine," he says, his nose deep in a glass of his latest vintage, "which for me is getting tired and dirty at harvest time." He takes a sip and smiles. "Now I am not driven by any market demands?I am producing the wine I want to and the market seems to like...