Word: aloofness
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...Eventually it became clear that we would have to stop, because we couldn't move much further. Somewhere on the side of the hill we sat down. The Monument rose on our left. A lot of people nearby had to stand. Some of them were very friendly; some were aloof. On the stage, wherever that was, Dick Gregory spoke, and later Arlo Guthrie spoke and sang. Soon someone started speechifying. We tuned out. We ate the best apple God ever made, and we passed eggs and cookies too. A friendly, crazy old man handed us a canteen of "cold wheat...
...most successful performance was that of Jack Shea in the role of Aemilian, perhaps because his part was undercut by the play's facetiousness. Unlike the other major characters, Aemilian does not have to balance aloof wit with deeply-felt philosophy...
...important issue of the election was the P.M. himself. Gorton, 58, took over the party's leadership 21 months ago, after the disappearance of Harold Holt in a tragic swimming accident. Initially, Gorton was immensely popular. He seemed a refreshing change from his two most immediate predecessors: the aloof, Olympian Sir Robert Menzies and the shy. withdrawn Holt. Then troubles began to pile up. Critics cited his penchant for naming unqualified cronies to high ministerial posts, his reluctance to take advice, his generally autocratic manner, and his indiscreet behavior...
...same sex and with deeply divided feelings for the parent of the opposite sex. In an exhaustive study of homosexuals in therapy, a group of researchers headed by Psychoanalyst Irving Bieber observed that a large number of homosexuals came from families where the father was either hostile, aloof or ineffectual and where the mother was close-binding and inappropriately intimate (CBI in scientific jargon). Bieber's wife, Psychologist Toby Bieber, has found many of the same patterns in the parents of lesbians, although in reverse...
...that bits of sky were falling on the Nixon Administration. The Haynsworth case, the Green Beret debacle, disarray in the Justice Department, the Republican loss in a congressional special election, bitter debate over Viet Nam-all at once all the news was bad. Yet somehow, Nixon seemed unconcerned and aloof from it all. Hugh Sidey, TIME'S Washington Bureau chief, found that attitude perhaps as alarming as the events themselves in the most trying time Nixon has yet had in office, and offered this analysis...