Word: softspoken
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mistake then, maybe, to violate Hough's softspoken-ness by attributing to him the perception of the detective-martyr, the guardian, as the Christian who reveals society. Maybe it is better to take Gifford on his own humble terms, as a gentle and kind man with an interesting story. But Hough has dropped too many hints here, or made too many mistakes, by endowing this man with such astounding parcels of innocence and responsibility, as to make such a conclusion inevitable...
...made a western called The Professionals in 1966, a hearty, amusing enterprise full of pulp-magazine notions about honor under pressure. Bite the Bullet is made in blatant-indeed, often desperate -imitation of The Professionals, and the character Hackman plays is a virtual reincarnation of Robert Ryan's softspoken, steel-fisted horseman of the previous film. Instead of forming a ragtag commando unit, though, the heroes now make up a party of racers, heading over 700 miles of rugged territory for $2,000 in prize money...
...softspoken, easygoing son of an Indianapolis construction worker, McGinnis learned his basketball on a dusty playground not far from the one where former N.B.A. Superstar Oscar Robertson honed his game. He went to the Pacers after only two years at Indiana University, and has learned to enjoy the amenities that come with his $200,000 annual salary: a three-bedroom bachelor apartment, a stable of four show horses, a red Jaguar and a 19-ft. Chris-Craft...
Screaming Insults. The Lombardi cult has grown, rather than diminished, since he quit as coach seven years ago. So it did not take long for Green Bay to start comparing Devine unfavorably with Lombardi. Shy and softspoken, he lacks the bluster and magnetism of the late leader. Like any coach fresh from a college campus, he arrived on the chilly shores of Lake Michigan with quite a bit to learn about the pro game...
...strength of such engaging fancies, Brooklyn-born Westlake, 41, a softspoken, owlish ectomorph who resembles most of his protagonists, has slipped into the front rank of popular crime writers. Especially in Hollywood, where his plots seem like readymade movie scenarios-so readymade, in fact, that with Cops and Robbers (1972) Westlake reversed the usual sequence and wrote the movie script first, then turned it into a novel...