That low-profile approach has angered and alarmed backers of the pact, which would gradually eliminate most trade and investment barriers among Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Business abandoned its traditional low-profile approach and took a more and more assertive stand on all issues that influence corporate life.

That low-profile approach seems to have paid off: with sales of $1.3 billion last year, six times those of 1983, Simon & Schuster is the largest U.S. publisher.

A telling instance of the Governor's pointedly low-profile approach is his handling of the fare increases.

But diplomats and Thais alike explain Mr. Thaksin's low-profile approach to terrorism with one word: tourism.

Mr. Feingold disputed Mr. Lalonde's contention that the studio was taking a low-profile approach to promotions.

For now, Bechtel is taking a decidedly low-profile approach to working in Iraq, portraying its function as more of a handmaiden's than a leader's.

Simultaneously, AAA adopted an aggressive external relations strategy that contrasts sharply with the cautious, low-profile approach preferred by water companies in many other Latin American cities.

Cameroon's noncontentious, low-profile approach to foreign relations puts it squarely in the middle of other African and developing country states on major issues.