Word: aloofness
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There was a lot at stake: in the weeks before the referendum, De Klerk and Andries Treurnicht, leader of the Conservative Party, resorted to hands-on campaign tactics, meeting voters face-to-face for the first time, in a country where politicians have traditionally remained aloof of the electorate...
Oddly, Carson, one of the most intimate of comedians, has always been one of the most remote of public personalities. More than most celebrities, he is wary of the press and aloof from the Hollywood social scene. Indeed, that may be another reason for his uncanny longevity. The few glimpses the audience has had of Carson's private life -- notably his three divorces, which he frequently uses as comedy material -- make it eager for more. Though he was on TV almost every night, Carson was one of the rare celebrities who never got overexposed...
...Carson was the King of Late Night, a slightly aloof and mischievous monarch, his heir, Jay Leno, the salesman's son from Andover, Mass., is more like the Mayor of Midnight -- a good-natured, sensible small-town mayor who knows everybody's name and believes in good government. To watch Leno win over an audience, to observe him shaking hands in airports, blithely signing autographs in coffee shops, chatting out his car window with other drivers, is to see a man engaged in a cheerful campaign for the office of Most Popular Regular Guy in America, a position...
...Jackson Factor could be a problem for Clinton in Chicago. "It's good to have Jesse out of it this time," says Rush. "It gives us some relief, some liberation." Rush admits that Jackson "might" be tempted to endorse a candidate before the primary, but predicts he'll remain aloof rather than risk a referendum on his ability to deliver for someone other than himself...
...Johnson, the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times who was installed by Ted Turner as CNN's third president in August 1990. Much of Johnson's impact at CNN comes from the contrast he provides to the man he replaced: Burt Reinhardt, a respected, budget-conscious but rather aloof news executive. Johnson, 50, is an affable Georgia native with a Rolodex full of political contacts, dating from his years as an aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson. He has taken a hands-on approach to CNN in more ways than one. During the gulf war he brought cookies...