Word: aloofness
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With that saving gesture to party unity, the rest of the malcontents fell into line. Both Bundestag President Eugen Gerstenmaier and Bavarian Ally Franz Josef Strauss avoided overt criticism of Erhard's aloof Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroder, whom they detest. Schroder acknowledged their forbearance with the acid observation that "after all, we are a party that must take extra care of its china...
Worse yet, Millis' premises are as wrong as his conclusions. For the United States has not managed to remain aloof from local violence, nor have France and China been content with purely verbal dissent over the course of the Cold War. In Vietnam the administration seems to have forgotten about the disutility of arms: Gen. Taylor is reported to have said that there are no measures we are not prepared to take to win the war. Nor does the fact that France and China are both working on an independent deterrent bear out Millis' assertion that weapons are largely ornamental...
...Aloof & Impassive. Were the two Red giants threatening to move into Viet Nam together? In an interview with a French journalist, Chinese Premier Chou En-lai suggested that if worse comes to worst in Southeast Asia, "the Chinese and Russian peoples will close ranks." But there was no sign whatsoever of incipient togetherness last week when Chou met a delegation of Russians in Bucharest, where Communists of all stripes had gathered for the state funeral of Rumanian Party Leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu...
Walking along only a few paces from Chou, Soviet President Anastas Mikoyan remained aloof and impassive as the mourners trooped with the funeral procession across Bucharest toward what is resoundingly known as the Monument to the Heroes in the Struggle to Liberate People and Homeland for Socialism. There Dej was entombed...
Stirring Opposition. Despite the progress, many Brazilians are less than enthusiastic about Castello Branco. Partly it is the man. Grim and aloof, he carries out his duties with no fuss, no fanfare-and little apparent relish. Critics charge that he is the prisoner of a military clique that uses anti-Communism as an excuse to run roughshod over the country's laws. Some local military commanders are still arresting suspected subversives and holding them without bringing specific charges. Last week an estimated 1,500 "suspects" remained locked away, including Miguel Arraes, ex-governor of Pernambuco...