Word: aloofness
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...Yugoslavia's tragic schism were under way. Said the official statement: "The tendency at present is toward greater understanding." Mihailovich has been in contact with some of the minor Partisan groups. But the main Partisan force, headed by ex-Lawyer Ivan Ribar (TIME, Feb. 8), was still aloof, and the chances of real unity were therefore small. The men of Ribar have the potent support of the Soviet Government, which has taken a strong hand in Yugoslav affairs in order to bolster its influence in the Balkans and because the Partisans are battling Axis troops. Twice (once last August...
...that reason it was necessary for the U.S., Britain, Russia and China to get together on their war plans. Britain and the U.S., through the "unconditional-surrender" conference at Casablanca and through last week's North African High Command agreement, were in close liaison. The Russians still remained aloof. The Chinese, looking in the Anglo-American window, may well have moved, closer to the Russians...
...decision to change, even though the Sun will probably pay less than the approximate $12,000 a year he has made on the Times, for Kieran makes a reputed $500 a week from Information, Please. He has also earned fame out of his Information, Please broadcasts, but the aloof Times has always looked down its nose at such programs and considered it an upstart in the field of information...
...plot has weaknesses, mainly in its inability to give the whys and wherefores for such inhuman antics, but Sanders' performance stands aloof from these frailties. He dominates the picture from the first signs of the impending storm through his emotional typhoon, through the human wreckage that he leaves behind, down to the final calm...
...succumbs. She stands by in a petticoat while, in a frenzy of rapiers, broadsides and bloated sails, Jamie-Boy and Governor Morgan liquidate Leech and crew. Occasionally Mr. Power has flashes of Douglas Fairbanks. Most of the time he is just a tougher-than-normal Tyrone Power. The aloof and lordly ships, whenever they get a chance, sail majestically away with the show...