Word: aloofness
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...aloof greeting," Childs says. "We know a lot less about him than we did about [former HUDS director] Mr. Berry. Sometimes we don't even remember his name...
...While political pundits accused him of being politically and personally aloof, Schlesinger has stayed the political course, never searching for the media spotlight and serving his life in the political sphere in the unassuming role of a public servant for the common good...
...part of life. "E makes shirtless, disgusting men, a club with broken bathrooms, a deejay that plays crap and vomiting into a trash can the best night of your life," she says with a laugh. "It has done two things in my life," she reflects. "I had always been aloof or insecure or snobby, however you want to put it. And I took it and realized, you know what, we're all here; we're all dancing; we're not so different. I allowed myself to get closer to people. Everything was more positive. But my life also became, quickly...
...mother, an executive at a high-tech consulting firm, sees her daughter's isolation in very different terms from the way it's portrayed in the book. "I thought Katie just wanted to be aloof and more independent," she says, denying any blame on her part. As Tarbox writes, however, "Every girl says she is doing fine. But if you just spend the time, you might hear the rest of the story." Only Kufrovich, it seems, was willing to do that...
...points ahead in New Hampshire. Coelho dispatched field manager Michael Whouley to the state to find out whether the situation was really that bad. Whouley discovered it was worse. Bradley volunteers had been knocking on doors since the summer, while Gore floated through the state in 20-car motorcades, aloof and distant, connecting with no one. Whouley asked former New Hampshire Democratic Party chairman Joe Keefe, a key Gore supporter, to send a memo assessing the problem. Keefe let it rip: Bradley was "on fire" in New Hampshire, he wrote. Where Gore had the endorsements, Bradley had the people...