Word: aloofness
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Perhaps that's why Reno cast a skeptical eye on the case against Lee. Reno's seven years at Justice--she's the longest-serving Attorney General ever--have made her the loneliest woman in Washington. The White House long ago concluded that she is aloof and politically tone-deaf, but those qualities helped her stand out in an Administration that often lacked ethical bearings. Aides admit she has a social worker's soft side that often gets the better of her, as it did in her handling of the Elian Gonzalez case. And congressional Republicans regard...
...ironic that Russia had to look to the Western powers for help when the Kursk's weapons were meant to destroy Western targets? And the way Putin reacted put a real black mark on his name. Once seen as a man of action, he remained aloof from the Russian people during this crisis and stayed on holiday. SARANG KALE Pune, India...
...Perhaps that's why Reno cast a skeptical eye on the case against Lee. Reno's seven years at Justice - she's the longest-serving Attorney General ever - have made her the loneliest woman in Washington. The White House long ago concluded that she is aloof and politically tone-deaf, but those qualities helped her stand out in an administration that often lacked ethical bearings. Aides admit she has a social worker's soft side that often gets the better of her, as it did in her handling of the Elian Gonzalez case. And congressional Republicans regard...
...says, Harvard is clearly an institution that needs community policing. His objective was to create an environment with officers on foot getting to know students rather than officers in patrol cars aloof from the campus...
...valley's two major venture-capital firms, Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins.) Page is full of wonkish bonhomie, the kind of guy who rides an electric scooter to work and loves to tell you about the time he built a working inkjet printer out of Legos. Brin acts aloof and acerbic, ever ready to toss a quip at his partner. They make a great comedy...