Word: aloof
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Germany's nobility was largely to blame for its own decline. Holding themselves aloof from politics, business and the intellectual world, Dieoberen Zehntausend (the Top Ten Thousand), as Bismarck called the elite, devoted their lives either to hunting or to the army; when Hindenburg joined the cadet corps in 1859, 2,000 of 2,900 Prussian officers were of noble birth. However, in its emphasis on a "citizens' army," West Germany's government has even closed off this time-honored avenue for "aristocratic service...
...said that Harvard should "demonstrate the right balance" between athletics and academic work rather than remain aloof from schools who do not follow the University's approach. The UAC, he noted, still stood by its report of last year, which asked Harvard not to indulge in "intellectual snobbery...
...only warm the chair of Peter, he took over the Catholic Church in 1958 at an age (nearly 77) when he was able to leap over the administrative details and parochial interests of the papacy and confront the world as "the universal shepherd." Unlike his predecessor, the scholarly and aloof Pius XII, John lets his interests range far beyond the Catholic fold to embrace the fundamental plight of man in the modern world...
...CRIMSON in its own quiet way has long deplored the fact that Harvard University chooses to remain aloof and remote from national affairs. The newspaper strike in New York City has provided the CRIMSON with an opportunity to make amends for this unfortunate situation...
...upright but unimaginative Governor, Renison has made little effort to win the confidence of African leaders. Socially he kept aloof in his gleaming white Nairobi residence amid its sprawling gardens, inviting the European elite in for an occasional cocktail party (with Lady Renison keeping a close personal eye on the liquor bills). He is particularly disliked by Jomo ("Burning Spear") Kenyatta, who will probably be independent Kenya's first ruler. In 1960, opposing Jomo's release from detention as a ringleader of the 1952"59 Mau Mau terror, Renison warned that Kenyatta would lead the country to "darkness...