Word: aloofness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tehran radio reported that the Iranian parliament fully supported Khomeini's policy of "keeping aloof from the Great Satan," the U.S., and "cutting relations with colonialist Britain." One of the Tehran regime's leading hard- liners, Premier Hussein Mousavi, accused the West of "cultural conspiracy" and declared that "Iran's firm decisions on the ((Rushdie)) issue will ensure the country's independence and dignity." Small wonder that the best-known pragmatists had run for cover...
...exposure became intense last fall, when Darman was chosen to play Michael Dukakis in preparing Bush for the debates. "One of the reasons he was picked," says Bush's media adviser, Roger Ailes, "was his reputation for being aloof and arrogant, just like Dukakis." Though tough in the sparring, Darman softened his performances with humor. At the end of one mock match, he entertained Bush by donning a tank helmet like the one Dukakis wore in a TV ad. Next round, he displayed a pair of Heavyhands, the weights Dukakis uses in speed-walking. In the critique sessions afterward, Ailes...
...seemed by many--because of his theoretical evaluations--to be very aloof and intramural to the academy, but he wasn't," Reisman said...
This adamant adherence to his own artistic vision paralleled his egotism, which, even at a young age, was noted by his fellow schoolmates. Though his unquestionable talent was admired by Rembrandt as well as the great French painter Nicolas Poussin, Testa's proud and aloof nature often made him the stereotypical outsider artist. As Professor Cropper points out in the exhibit catalog, Testa's vacillating career and his eventual suicide fostered the "myth of a wild uncontrolled romantic spirit." This myth, too, hurt the popularity...
...order to view the decision properly, we must discard the myth of a passive and aloof court. The court must be seen as a dynamic player in the field of public policy, which must negotiate, administer and oversee such affirmative decrees if it proposes to continue the battle to give substantive meaning to the rhetoric of equality...