In the Pantanal, the jaguars may be evasive, but the capybaras, the hyacinth macaws, the giant anteaters and the ring-tailed coatis will practically pose for you if you approach quietly.
If you approach quietly, it is possible to sit down with the troop as they feed on the plateau grass.
If you loiter a little way behind, when the dog squats down to urinate, approach quietly and slide the collecting container underneath her rear end to catch the sample.
Since the memorial went up, Ms. Bakk-Hansen said, numerous white acquaintances here have approached her, quietly, to talk about race.
Some leaders in the evangelical Christian community approached Mr. Gingrich quietly in January about getting out of the race, but were rebuffed, according to Richard Land, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission at the Southern Baptist Convention.
Longstanding critics of the British approach quietly gloat.
Until now, the Obama campaign has tried to confront Internet rumors with a more local, less visible approach, quietly encouraging supporters to forward misleading e-mail messages to their local field organizers, who in turn would notify the campaign's research department.
WHEN David Wain, the comedian and filmmaker, released his feature-film directorial debut, "Wet Hot American Summer," in 2001, he wound up with an unusual marketing technique that might be called the Air Force method: slip in under the radar, approach quietly and drop a giant bomb.
Approach quietly from behind as your dog squats.
