Word: aloof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...depends on just how refreshing--or objectionable--the world finds a newsmagazine host who isn't that big on ingratiating himself with people. Gumbel's whole demeanor is that of a guy who has read The Rules (that best-selling dating guide that preaches getting love by remaining aloof) and applied them to his professional life. Interview Gumbel and you could find him telling you, politely enough, that he needs to work during your chat. Then he might type on his computer or peruse his American Express bill...
...want to deviate from the profile of the company," says Times Co. president Russell Lewis. "We're making a very studied judgment of where we want to be." With its elite audience and Old World style, the Times has been able to remain largely aloof from the rough-and-tumble competition for readers and viewers brought on by the information explosion. If it ever hops into the hurly-burly new world, it will find that maintaining the balance between journalistic standards and marketplace pressures will get tougher, not easier. And readers of the Times could wake up one morning...
...Communists in their succession have been able to accomplish on the mainland what the British did through their colonial administration of Hong Kong. Colonialism, in general, has had an ugly and venal past, but not so the British version. To be sure, the British may seem to be stereotypically aloof, superior and uncompromising, but wherever the British went they performed better than their predecessors and successors. They brought democracy and made a better civilization. Moreover, they fostered in their subjects the cultural values of the British people: strength of character, integrity, discipline and above all incorruptibility. CHARLES MCKENNA New York...
...souls that made us human. If we keep them alive, then we'll move on into America pursuing a mission beyond our selves. Seeing beautiful things, loving and being loved, never letting our heart die. Otherwise we will pass through this world as drudges, surviving day to day, aloof and alone, never truly having lived...
...known for his combative relations with the networks suits. "I learned from him that network executives were hateful, horrible people who should be shot on sight," says Tarses with a smile. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley suburb of Woodland Hills, where her parents kept her safely aloof from the show-biz scene. But her dad liked to read his scripts aloud at the dinner table and discuss his shows with the family. "It was more in the context of Dad's work," she says, "not the television business...