Word: aloof
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...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...
...hand in, Velásquez decided to make a portrait of his color grinder and studio hand, a husky mulatto slave named Juan de Pareja. Roman cognoscenti greeted it, according to one of Velásquez's contemporaries, "with admiration and astonishment," and from then on this aloof, brooding presence on canvas with the liquid black eyes remained one of the most admired, if least seen, of all Velásquez's portraits...