Word: aloofness
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...while he possesses an intensity and level of focus on the field that few can claim to share, Balestracci makes a conscious effort not to be aloof from his teammates but to be as easy to talk to as he was prior to being selected as captain...
...appears to have been tinged with a peculiar admixture of nationalist pride and developing-nation shame. Chinese students at Northwest live eight to a room in nonair-conditioned dorms. Their foreign classmates are sequestered in far cushier private digs with hot showers. Chinese students described their Japanese peers as aloof, but none interviewed by TIME had ever talked with one. "I see them in the cafeteria," says an economics student. "They always wipe their tables after they eat. Chinese don't do that so I think they must look down...
...Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime Minister, 54 ? Elected: December 2001 ? Powers: Heads the government because his party holds a parliamentary majority. But needs the President's approval for everything from forming his Cabinet to conducting foreign policy ? Style: Laid-back, aloof and shies from confrontation ? View of President: Previously too polite to say. Now accuses her of being undemocratic and power-hungry
...underlying the doctrine of academic freedom; that academic disciplines must be self-governing communities of inquiry. Philosophers, not politicians, should decide what counts as good philosophy; chemists, not bureaucrats, should be allowed to say when somebody is doing serious chemistry. This is not to say that academics must remain aloof from politically charged questions; quite the contrary. The problem is not the intermingling of politics and science per se, but rather the willingness to substitute political judgment for scientific expertise...
Many observers said they felt Kerry’s sometimes jovial, sometimes pugnacious demeanor in the interview helped combat criticism that he is aloof and tends to give vague, political answers...