Word: aloof
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...older sisters and Randolph cousins, in a one-room building on the Randolph estate. When he was nine, he began studying Greek, Latin and French, and at 14 he luckily fell under the tutelage of an excellent classicist, the Reverend James Maury. Even at that early age, this somewhat aloof intellectual was what he himself calls "a hard student," and his long hours and rigid selfdiscipline are legendary among his friends. Today, winter as well as summer, he bathes his feet in cold water every morning, a regimen he credits with making him impervious to colds and agues. He does...
...Eanes becomes President, it will be less because the voters like him than because they fear the alternatives. A stern, aloof, ramrod-stiff disciplinarian, Eanes served in all three of Portugal's former African territories, joined the 1973 so-called "captains' revolt" against Lisbon's effort to contain the black struggle for independence, and actively supported Spinola at the time of the April revolution. Eanes is credited with lancing the rebellion last November that nearly led to a leftist dictatorship...
...often aloof Reagan also passes up many waiting crowds. In Fort Wayne, Ind., he rushed past a cheering group of well-wishers. "We've been waiting 20 minutes in the freezing cold," complained one woman. Reagan pointed to his wristwatch to indicate he was running late?but he actually was on schedule. In his chartered yellow Hughes Airwest DC-9 (nicknamed the Big Banana), he rarely loosens his necktie or takes off his suit coat...
...Walter F. Mondale and Illinois's Adlai E. Stevenson. Choosing either would strengthen Carter with liberals and party hierarchs, the two groups that have remained most aloof from...
...total-exposure phenomenon to Dwight Eisenhower's two major illnesses during his presidency. First, Ike's heart was examined, chamber by chamber, in prime time. Then, viewers were taken on a tour of his small intestine, the site of his ileitis. In family matters, however, Ike remained aloof. It was John Kennedy who saw that the cozy private world of public men-where they could talk one way and act another-was bound to end. He submitted to the rising demands to know. He opened up, a bit, on his family and his finances and his case...