Word: aloofness
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...Pittsburgh Symphony musicians. For another, he blatantly delights in performing "the music nobody wants to play, nobody wants to conduct and nobody wants to hear." The traditional image of the success ful symphony conductor is a shaggy-haired despot who rules with an iron fist and remains disdainfully aloof at all times. But Steinberg treats his musicians with courtesy and respect, regales them with a rich sense of humor, rides in the bus with them on tour, and preaches such heresies as "gaiety is the only atmosphere for music making." As for the age-old maxim that deviations from...
Everyone knows how exasperating Charles de Gaulle was during World War II. Arrogant and aloof, he demanded his own way, and when he did not get it he sulked. At times he seemed to irritate F.D.R. more than Hitler or Tojo, and Churchill grumped that "My biggest cross is the Cross of Lorraine." But French Historian Robert Aron contends that the Allies never understood what De Gaulle...
...There has been little enthusiasm for Richard Nixon since he turned out to be a poor loser in the 1962 California gubernatorial race. Despite Cabot Lodge's strong showings in primaries and polls, he is unpopular with many Republicans who feel that he is, in unlikely combination, too aloof and patrician and liberal; indeed, the main effect of Lodge's New Hampshire primary victory this year probably was to divert and delay any concerted effort that anti-Goldwater Republicans might have mounted...
Typically, Shastri had stayed aloof from all the politicking. Next morning, he rose early, had a modest breakfast with his family. He was the last to reach Parliament, where the other Congress Party members were already gathered beneath the high dome of the central hall. In a soft, reedy voice, tiny (5 ft., 112 lbs.) Shastri promised to carry on Nehru's work. Then he drove to the Jumna River to pray at the site where Nehru had been cremated...
...Twice I saw him. On the beach at Morotai and in the foothills of Mindanao. There was an aura of greatness about him. He gave the impression of being aloof and austere and was not universally loved, but the devotion he inspired from associates could not have come from a lesser source than greatness [April...