Word: understatedness
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In typical fashion, he understated his contribution to the team, as he was the leading goal scorer at the ECAC tournament with four tallies in as many games.
Though her singing lacks the necessary volume to grip the audience and her physical presence is often overwhelmed by other cast members, McKenna plays an enchanting seductress and hints at her character’s inner workings with a pleasingly understated delivery.
The resulting understated documentary plays more like an independent film than a slick network news special. Says co-producer Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of CBS's 48 Hours: "Everything about it has to be respectful and can't call attention to itself." There are no commercials, thanks to sponsor Nextel...
Two other jewels of the exhibition, equally distinct and eloquent, were painted by Monet in 1872. “Still Life with Melon” and “The Tea Set,” which hang side by side in the Gund Gallery, show Monet’s experimentation...
When he has gone public, Franks has been exactly what this war effort has required: Insistently realistic, never gloating, understated about victory and reassuringly honest about its inevitable costs. Throw in a touch of folksiness, some of the aw-shucks collar-tugging of an old artillery man blinking in the...