Word: aloofness
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...long, long time after the Massachusetts General Court approved a charter for Radcliffe College in 1894, Harvard remained generally cordial but indifferent to the Annex and its occupants. It is, however, impossible to remain aloof today...
...such a ... national strategy mean? . . . The selection of broad, national purposes . . . Every significant act of Government should be so timed . . . so related to other governmental actions that it will produce the maximum effect . . . We shall no longer have a Department of State that deals with foreign policy in an aloof cloister, a defense establishment that makes military appraisals in a vacuum . . . We must bring the dozens of agencies and bureaus into concerted action under an overall scheme of strategy...
Adlai Stevenson's fund was revealed as a direct result of Democratic excitement over the Nixon fund. Stevenson confirmed that the fund existed, then lapsed into silence. After two aloof days, he rose before a campaign workers' breakfast in Baltimore and coolly indicated that he would not be pushed into giving details. He had used leftover campaign contributions to supplement the salaries of some state officials, he said, and no improper influence was involved. There he intended to let the matter rest. He would not list the names of givers or receivers; "to do so would subject them...
Poet-Philosopher, novelist, and sharp critic of the University and of America, he lived aloof from the world for almost a quarter of a century...
...head feathers and reddish-brown head spots, it is one of the most beautiful of birds. In flight, its wingspread is seven feet; on the ground, it walks haughtily through marshes in search of frogs and snakes, or performs its pre-mating dance with rapid grace. It is an aloof, snobbish aristocrat which sticks with its own family, fights off other cranes who come to poach on its hunting grounds...