Word: aloof
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...individual, Sloan's hero is a quietly brash, intellectually aloof fighter compulsively plotting the means to exploit the corruption and stupidity of the "midgets" he has been deployed to defend. For him, the war is no more than a hastily-built bureaucratic contraption within which the warrior must eke out a petty and sadistic existence profiteering promotions, medals, and love-making. Wry but bitter, Sloan's hero constantly visits the base's dentist while worrying about continual gonorrhea, and enjoys pissing into the flak around his helicopter gunship. Amid the war's psychic viciousness the hero maintains his uneasy sanity...
...played the role to the hilt. When John L. walked the streets of Southie wearing his diamondstudded belt and raved that there were "enough Sullivans to make an army big enough to capture Canada from the British and make it Irish like it oughta be," even the most aloof of the Gold Coast Irish had to whisper "right...
...figures evoke a probing sense of human loneliness. Even in the heavy granite in which Gresser often works, the sculptures are delicately crafted with a stern Gothic sensitivity for the grandeur of the solitary human form. Although his figures often appear blunt in their aloof individuality, the directness is modified by the lack of harsh edges. His surfaces are pleasing and receptive, especially the highly polished appearance of "Torso," whose edges are softened and very smooth. The softness is the redeeming quality in which we see a cautious hint of hope for human existence...
...subtle unseen power struggles which determine the fate of institutions. The crisis of confidence which students and younger faculty felt after Pusey called in the police in April, 1969, is nothing compared to the quite private crisis he suffered more than a dozen years ago. If Pusey has been aloof, almost unseen, throughout these years, it is only because he had to be careful of every step, every move, to make sure that he never compromised himself again, never left himself open for the withering criticism which he once received, never antagonized people enough to demand his resignation publicly this...
...amenities. Beloit has abolished its summer theater, Tulane its laundry and printing press. Many colleges have stopped washing their windows and trimming their hedges. Other reductions include questionable "institutes" and programs added by academic empire builders during the last decade's scramble for prestige. One possible gain: aloof researchers are being forced back into teaching. But some slashes may cut into academic quality...