Hu possesses a low-key and reserved leadership style, and is reportedly a firm believer in consensus-based rule.

Redmond ’ s low-key and conciliatory style of leadership gave the impression of weakness but reflected the problem of keeping together a factionalised party.

The election campaign was a relatively low-key affair, with the Government and Bracks largely running on their record, as well as their plans to tackle infrastructure issues in their third term.

" The election campaign in general was " low-key and all but invisible, which could be explained by the predictability of the results of the election.

There is an ongoing low-key campaign with the same goal by the group known as the Lake Pedder Action Committee which remains active

The campaign for leader was characterised by being a low-key affair.

A front porch campaign is a low-key electoral campaign used in American politics in which the candidate remains close to or at home to make speeches to supporters who come to visit.

The album was a critical success but received a low-key release and only made number 87 in the UK charts.

A brief, low-key European tour was undertaken in June and July 1980, featuring a stripped-down set without the usual lengthy jams and solos.

The film was his final attempt to make a low-key, dramatic work in the vein of Noon Wine and The Ballad of Cable Hogue.

The Eisenhower administration's first response was low-key and almost dismissive.

One irony of the ' Sputnik " event was the initially low-key response of the Soviet Union.

An " extensive " Reunion Tour of the world, starting in Warrington, for a low-key warm-up show, was scheduled.

The tone of the album was more introspective and relatively low-key compared to the mostly upbeat numbers of Graceland.

One possibility is that the upbeat feel of rock & roll music was at odds with the detached, low-key, nihilistic attitude of the beat society.

He was cremated, following a requested low-key service, at Guildford Crematorium, Godalming, Surrey, where he is commemorated by a plaque in the Garden of Remembrance.

The fort was briefly the site of a low-key scuffle with Germans in May 1940.

In 1802 Ussé was purchased by the duc de Duras ; as early as March 1813, low-key meetings were held at Ussé among a group of Bourbon loyalists, who met to sound out the possibilities of a Bourbon Restoration: such men as Trémouille, duc de Fitzjames, the prince de Polignac, Ferrand, Montmorency and the duc de Rochefoucault attended.

Gambino was known for being low-key and secretive.

Despite this, Gambino was low-key by inclination.

If Lansky's low-key demeanor was fooling many people, it certainly was not fooling the FBI.

Up until December 1976, punk rock was a relative low-key fashion, apart from appearing from time to time in small parts in music papers.

She did make an appearance in the first series but this was very low-key, and she had not been named as Mrs. Hollingbery either yet.

Delving into modern classical composition with 1984's Without Mercy, his low-key reputation as an independent auteur was cemented with 1989's Vini Reilly, a masterpiece recorded in just twenty days ' time after finishing Viva Hate with Morrissey and Stephen Street.

Suzuki reportedly was involved with some anti-war activities during World War II, but according to David Chadwick, the record is confusing and, at most, his actions were low-key.

This reignited the ' club or country ' row, with then Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce voicing his disappointment that Owen was risked in a low-key friendly game against Austria.

In 1999, the band decided to reunite for a low-key show in Oakland's Stork Club and the band was relaunched to go on tour with Sleater-Kinney.

The intensity of the festivities changed throughout the years, sometimes very strong and radiant ( e. g. the 100-year anniversary was said to be very festive and lively ), but sometimes also very low-key.

This was the high point of a political career which was low-key but generally successful ; though she endured controversies over select committee membership and over allegations of strong arm tactics with Labour dissenters over military action in Afghanistan.

Expressions of even low-key dissatisfaction by a Catholic college faculty member has the effect of confirming the already existing stereotype.

The low-key murmuring of smooth-voiced Tony Wons, backed by a tender violin, " made him a soul mate to millions of women " on behalf of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco company, whose cellophane-wrapped Camel cigarettes were " as fresh as the dew that dawn spills on a field of clover.

He wrote, " This is more of a message film than a noir thriller, but has been classified by most cinephiles in the noir category ... J. Roy Hunt, the 70-year-old cinematographer, who goes back to the earliest days of Hollywood, shot the film using the style of low-key lighting, providing dark shots of Monty, contrasted with ghost-like shots of Mary Mitchell ( Jacqueline ) as she angelically goes to help her troubled husband Arthur.

Indeed, with The Beatles break-up made public by April 1970, and with Bob Dylan in reclusive low-key activity since mid-1966, CSNY found itself as the adopted standard bearers for the Woodstock Nation, vouchsafing an importance in society as counterculture figureheads equaled at the time in rock and roll only by The Rolling Stones.

1996 saw his first release with them, Making Light of It, a low-key collection of songs, the majority returning to an introspective demeanor and tone, produced by David Miner ( T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello ), and featuring Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong of The Choir.

The naturally unaugmented lighting situations in the film exemplified low-key, natural lighting in filmwork at its most extreme outside of the Eastern European / Soviet filmmaking tradition ( itself exemplified by the harsh low-key lighting style employed by Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein ).

His style has been influenced by the French directors Jean-Pierre Melville and Robert Bresson, as he relies on low-key acting and simple cinematic storytelling to get his message ( s ) across.

Under the prime ministership of Tanaka Kakuei ( 1972 – 74 ), Japan took a stronger but still low-key stance by steadily increasing its defense spending and easing trade frictions with the United States.

Inscribed You'll Never Walk Alone, they were " unlocked " by Nessie Shankly at a low-key ceremony in August 1982.

In the original announcements, a distinctive refrain of flute music ( John Cacavas ' Flute Poem ) opens the ad, and is accompanied by the low-key style of the narrator, John Livingston, describing the animal over footage of it taken in the wild.

In 1979, President Jayawardene introduced the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act, ostensibly to quell a low-key armed insurrection in the Northern Province by separatist Tamil rebels-which had, ironically, been given life by Jayawardene's anti-Tamil measures.

Snider went on to become a popular and respected analyst and play-by-play announcer for the Montreal Expos from 1973 to 1986, characterized by his mellow, low-key style.

The Centre Democrats was founded on 7 November 1984 by a few low-key members who broke away from the Centre Party ( CP ).

After six months he was replaced by Mandel Kramer, who gave the role his own low-key interpretation.

Created by co-stars Chester Lauck ( who played Columbus Edwards " Lum " Eddards ) and Norris Goff ( Abner Peabody ), Lum and Abner was as low-key as Easy Aces, as cheerfully absurdist as Vic and Sade, and exaggerated The Goldbergs ethnic focus by amplifying the protagonists ' regional identities.