Word: softspoken
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...Arrogance," which Wills says is a requirement for stealing 100 bases or more, is not easy for the softspoken, unassuming Brock. He lives quietly...
...Dale Francis, 57, is a softspoken, teetotaling journalist who has not taken a week's vacation in the four years since he took over the National Catholic Register (circ. 90,000). Francis was chosen for the job by Schick Millionaire Patrick Frawley Jr., who bought the then-progressive paper at the urging of conservative Jesuit Gadfly Daniel Lyons to give it a more traditional tone. A onetime Methodist lay preacher who became a Catholic in 1945, Francis has socially liberal credentials as a longtime union supporter and early civil rights advocate...
...fans in the overflow IAB crowd of 1468 were disappointed when Penn pulled away at that point. "We sort of ran out of steam after being down by the numbers we were," Sanders explained after the game. "It's tough to come back from 15 or 16 points," the softspoken rookie coach added, "the players are going to be pooped...
...softspoken rookie coach wasn't conceding anything. "Hey, listen, you can always dream," Sanders said...
...fact, the softspoken, impeccably tailored Murdoch is now far more interesting than the Star itself. He confidently expects to tap a huge audience that others are not reaching. He thinks that most major publications here are aimed "at the rich and the intellectual." "Daily newspapers are limited and local," he says, "and national magazines have to depend on advertising dollars and the opinions of Madison Avenue." He wants the Star to lean almost solely on circulation revenue provided by readers willing to pay a quarter at newsstands or supermarkets...