Word: aloofness
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...troublesome teen-ager or even a loner. Indeed, in the seventh and ninth grades he was elected president of his home room, and as an eighth-grader managed the basketball team. John Hinckley was no aloof oddball then. Says his junior-high friend Kirk Dooley: "No one rooted louder than Hinckley for the Highland Park Red Raiders...
Despite the change of musical pace, the guitar plays the same role in the remake of? and the Mysterians' 1960s hit, "96 Tears," which Jeffreys endows with more vigor and spite than? ever mustered. Throughout these songs' changing moods, his voice assumes a stance recalling James Dean; compassionate, yet aloof; willing to take risks, encounter disappointment, and give his all again...
...back in harness. But in fact no one had emerged from the altercation with his honor or credibility enhanced, and several questions had been raised about the new Administration's ability to conduct diplomacy. The questions were many. Was there a potentially serious flaw in Reagan's aloof, above-the-battle approach to management, which relies heavily on staff aides to keep rivalries in check? How seriously had Haig's prestige been damaged, not only in the White House but on Capitol Hill and abroad? How well could the Secretary of State be expected to work with...
...watches over the beach. She is an overblown caricature (with so much paraphenalia that she needs a huge shopping cart, and looking about as crazy as the washer-woman Carol Burnett did at the end of her shows), but with no real purpose. She makes mysterious soothsayings, but remains aloof during times of crisis. But is she a parody of a God-figure, or simply an underdeveloped character...
...friend says that Stockman, as Reagan's chief budget cutter, is resigned to being the "most unpopular man in Washington for the next few years." His manner is sometimes aloof and abrasive, but even critics admire his ability to marshal facts quickly and wield them to deadly effect during debates...