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  • In fact, some experts say a more collaborative, low-profile strategy is more successful in the long run because it preserves trust and confidence with teachers and the community.

    Baltimore school reform shows Rhee's way isn't the only path to success Robert McCartney 2010

  • Tea-leaf readers note that the usually low-profile Donilon recently went with outgoing National Economic Council chief Larry Summers to China to meet with senior Chinese leaders, including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.

    Is national security deputy Donilon moving up? Al Kamen 2010

  • Because very high-profile use on a massive scales outweighs previous low-profile and occasional use.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Disagreement Need Not Equal Discourtesy 2010

  • Tea-leaf readers note that the usually low-profile Donilon recently went with outgoing National Economic Council chief Larry Summers to China to meet with senior Chinese leaders, including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.

    Is national security deputy Donilon moving up? Al Kamen 2010

  • And the 23-million-population island dominated by ethnic Chinese must figure out how to balance the old Asian tradition of allowing a low-profile sex trade against a revival of strict, 2,500-year-old Confucian moral values plus 60 years of U.S. influence, including American religious movements'.

    Decriminalizing The Sex Trade Ralph Jennings 2011

  • When Levi Strauss & Co. decided in 1989 to hire a historian to help nurture its Americana image, the company picked Lynn Downey , a low-profile University of California, Berkeley-educated historian who had recently finished putting together an archive for a century-old real estate company in the East Bay.

    Curator Weaves Levi's Into City History Vauhini Vara 2011

  • In September, Mr. Pandit took a low-profile trip to Tokyo to meet with regulators, who pressed him to take action, people familiar with the matter said.

    Citigroup Tries to Calm a Japanese Watchdog Atsuko Fukase 2011

  • I shot one of the first Supremes eight years ago, when it was a well-engineered, low-profile o/u in a very ugly package.

    The Best New Gun Gear at the 2009 SHOT Show 2009

  • Controlled and run by Johann Rupert, a low-profile South African billionaire, Richemont establishes a retail presence for brands such as Cartier wherever wealth is minted.

    To make good stock decisions, consider a global perspective Andrew Tanzer 2011

  • In fact, some experts say a more collaborative, low-profile strategy is more successful in the long run because it preserves trust and confidence with teachers and the community.

    Baltimore school reform shows Rhee's way isn't the only path to success Robert McCartney 2010

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