Word: aloofness
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...changed? Everything. A series of moves largely orchestrated by China has pricked Hong Kong's democracy bubble. Beijing has become savvier about dealing with the city, seemingly taking into account public opinion even as it increasingly calls the shots. In March, the Chinese leadership nudged Hong Kong's aloof and deeply unpopular Chief Executive, Tung Chee-hwa, into resigning. That paved the way for Tung's No. 2, Donald Tsang, a gregarious, astute career civil servant with the common touch. Beijing has publicly backed him as the best man to run Hong Kong-even though some of the city...
Still, the majority of gays have recognized the menace of AIDS, have mobilized against it, and sense in their unity an opportunity to become a more effective force in their communities and in the nation. Men who were previously aloof are now becoming involved in the gay movement. "AIDS has been a dramatic political education for a lot of gay men who never understood why we were bothering with activism," says Jeff Levi, political director of the National Gay Task Force. "We will emerge from this strengthened, even if weakened in numbers." --By Gerald Clarke. Reported by Jon D. Hull/San...
There is, in many ways, an air of unreality about West Point. Says Ted Sullivan, '79, now a New York stockbroker: "The difference between the regular Army and West Point is light-years." In the Army, West Pointers are sometimes regarded as aloof and cliquish, called ring knockers for ostentatiously flashing their class rings. Non-West Pointers complain about the so-called West Point Protective Association in the Pentagon that favors and promotes academy grads...
...offensive has probably been effective in changing perceptions about the U.S. among some Soviet citizens; its goal of taking the edge off Washington's charges about Moscow's alleged violations is still remote. Washington so far has not reacted to the stepped-up campaign, maintaining an aloof disdain for the Soviet charges, and is quietly relieved that the Soviets are talking about human rights at all. Notes one senior U.S. official: "Everybody here can judge this country's approach to the enhancement of human rights, and they can judge the other side's. We'll let those judgments rest...
...press card is considerable. The system, says Espina-Varona, "is not just saying, 'Let's be a little tolerant of corruption.' It's actually saying, 'This is what you have to do in order to exist.'" Even if there were no economic concerns, it's hard to remain politically aloof in a small town, where everyone knows everyone, and local strongmen-from mayoral candidates to logging magnates to crime bosses-are often eager to win over the local press or silence it. "When you are a journalist living practically on starvation level," Espina-Varona explains, "and you are faced with...