Word: curtness
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...interview with a Soviet official was to ask about factionalism in the Kremlin, shortages in the stores or rumors of unrest somewhere in the south. The official's face, hardly radiant to begin with, would become a mask of reproof that emitted, like a recorded announcement, a curt lecture on the inadmissibility of slander against the U.S.S.R. and interference in its internal affairs...
...matter of fact, let me tell you, Dulles didn't do anything without Eisenhower's support. Eisenhower was really a hands-on President, particularly in foreign policy. And Eisenhower, he could be very curt at times. He'd just cut them short, his Cabinet members. He said, "Listen, I'll make the decisions regarding what the defense budget is going to be." He could be so genial, yet so cold...
Many passers-by do not want to be friendly for fear they will encourage further contact and perhaps harassment. Admittedly, this can happen. No one should risk personal safety, and there are times to be curt or even rude in order to protect oneself. But this is not usually the case. A blanket negative reaction toward any group of people undermines everyone's right to be judged individually...
...Congress. Seven months have passed since the new parliament held its first meeting, more than half a year in which political change has outpaced progress in solving economic problems and ethnic tensions. At times last week, Moscow's maestro tried to orchestrate the debate, cutting off talk with a curt "That's all." Still, plenty of sour notes were struck. The Armenian delegation stormed out in protest, radical Lithuanians vented their mistrust of the Kremlin, and ordinary Deputies griped about empty food stores. At one point, a stung Gorbachev even flared, "Don't direct any accusations at me. Just calm...
...extension was not the first granted a Harvard athlete for an Olympic waiver--last winter Allen Bourbeau '87-'89 was given an extra full year for his time on the 1988 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Previously, rowers Andy Sudduth '85-'85 and Curt Pieckenhagen '84-'86 both received one-year extensions after competing with the Olympic crew teams...