Word: aloof
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...Israeli prison for his part in deadly shooting attacks early in the four-year intifadeh, announced his candidacy for the job too. Barghouti, a former moderate who now represents the radical wing of Fatah, has much greater support among ordinary Palestinians than the more moderate--and more aloof--Abbas does. At 45, Barghouti also has the backing of younger Fatah leaders who are pressing for longtime Arafat confidants like Abbas, 69, to reform the corrupt regime. Barghouti's candidacy threatens to produce a major split in Fatah that might lead to violence if an election loser challenges the results...
...often at Harvard, aloof superstar professors let their TFs do most of the real teaching, whether the grad students are ready to handle discussion sections or not. This hit-or-miss method of undergraduate education is the critical problem facing undergraduate education at the University, and we expect the College to do more than make TFs take a class...
Greene was consistently a writer on the edge. Although in his public writing he claimed to be committed to remaining aloof of political persuasions, he was no stranger to stirring up political controversy...
...Some of which has been misinterpreted as aloofness is quite simply that he’s shy and reflective and intellectual and gives matters consideration,” says Prouty. “Some people that have those qualities of being reserved and reflective are perceived as being aloof. And the truth is, reflecting from those years when we knew him so well, that simply wasn’t the case...
...were not thrilled 10 days ago, believe me." This time the famously tight Bush team, which had sprung some major leaks in Coral Gables, Fla., had its talking points down: the President "shattered Kerry's credibility" by whacking him with his liberal Senate record, while Kerry looked arrogant and aloof. At one point, when the camera caught Kerry leaning back, his head rolling back with his body, Bush-Cheney communications director Nicolle Devenish and much of the senior campaign staff, who were watching in the holding room, started shouting "Haughty! Haughty! Haughty!" That was the Bush spinners' word...