Word: aloof
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...Water. Spouting biblical homilies in a spellbinding baritone, Powell became as popular and well liked as his father. He was the prince of Harlem who, though often among the people, always remained just a bit aloof. Yet he was also a product of the black ghetto. Harlem's taverns and nightclubs were among his favorite places. There he could indulge his almost compulsive need for camaraderie. Energetic and upright when it suited his purpose, young Powell used his personal magnetism and oratorical ability to draw participants to marches, boycotts and demonstrations designed to pry jobs out of white Harlem...
...OTHER HAND, seeing King Kong in a darkened theater on a screen larger than a cafeteria tray makes a lot of difference. Gone is the aloof disinterest of the late, late show mentality. You just can't stay uninvolved when the commercials don't come and you can't change channels. Movie theaters, even more than suburban livingrooms, were built for the suspension of disbelief. So the great ape really is larger than life: his image on the screen overwhelms...
...Bravo to Psychiatrist Robert Coles [Feb. 14], who has discovered that the troubles of America can be identified by any social scientist but solutions will only come from the heart! Unfortunately the intellectual community remains aloof, intolerant and uncaring about the great majority of Americans. They would rather pick on people's weaknesses than embrace their strengths...
EDMUND MUSKIE. If he has any new approaches to the issues, he is keeping them to himself. He is asking voters to have confidence in him-and confidence he projects. Slightly aloof and uncomfortable in large crowds, he tends to preach a bit. He also has a way of losing his temper, as in New Hampshire recently when a high school student popped him a question that seemed to come straight out of the McGovern camp. But Muskie knows how to mix it up with the folks without losing his dignity. His fondness for puns, funny or not, adds some...
...harder for his laughs. While a neophyte in his 20s, he laid down a 15-year plan for success. Today, at 38, he has not only met his timetable but has bettered it. As in his early years, his absolute concentration on his business gives him a preoccupied, almost aloof air. Even when relaxing, he is studying people for situations or thinking up funny lines. His whole effort is bent toward making each show "my best shot...