Word: aloofness
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...aloof, and eyes seemingly focused past the throng, these stylish figures determine, to some degree, New York's fad and fashion. They don't need muscle to regulate the flow behind them. One suddenly calls out: "You! The lady in the white jacket." The crowd parts to allow the woman and her fashionable attire to cruise sedately...
...hair down as the frosty and funny Maddie in the ABC-TV series Moonlighting. The critics applauded, and since it returned to the air this fall, the show has made several appearances in the Top Ten. "It was real hard for me to break out of that aloof-beauty thing," says Shepherd. "People don't seem to laugh at people who look like I do. One of the things I'm enjoying most is that it seems O.K. to laugh at what I say now." Shepherd, 35, has been moonlighting off the set. She earned critical plaudits for her steamy...
...nations. Sensing that those countries are being crushed by their debt burdens, the U.S. now believes that their only hope lies in faster economic growth. To achieve that goal, Washington thinks the IMF should enlist the help of the World Bank, a cash-rich agency that has largely remained aloof from the debt thicket. The Administration wants the bank to lend money more broadly and follow up the loans with long-term economic guidance for the debtors...
...Zealand's Auckland harbor last July did not do France or its President any favor. As the usually pro-Mitterrand Paris daily Le Monde and other papers zeroed in on the culpability of the government in the mysterious act of sabotage, the President could no longer remain aloof from what was rapidly becoming one of France's worst political crises in the four years since the Socialist Party swept to power...
...frequently and passionately declared his dedication to the principle of a "color-blind" society. In pursuit of this high ideal, he has tirelessly engaged in debates and given speeches defending the Reagan Administration's determination "to root out and do away with discrimination." On one occasion, the normally aloof and patrician Reynolds even clasped the hand of the Rev. Jesse Jackson and joined him in a chorus of We Shall Overcome. On another, he went so far as to compare the Reagan Administration's views on civil rights with those of Martin Luther King...