Word: detachedness
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That's where teaching fellows come in. Luckily, teaching fellows combine the worst characteristics of both student and professor. Teaching fellows think they like the nuances, but they're not sure they follow them. They like to worry about the subtle problems, but they'd like their degree and tenure...
On the other hand, Royko, played by Burt Young (Adrienne's chunky brother in Rocky), is believeable, since he does not seem to take either the killings of the movie too seriously. A Chicago cop, intruding with his grubby humor and lack of tack on the mellow L.A. police force...
Begin himself seemed strangely detached, almost as though he were observing his government's disintegration as a spectator. Reflecting on his listless response to the most important political crisis of his career, an Israeli academic noted: "I've watched three or four Prime Ministers in their decline. Begin...
The trouble, however, since we are watching our lives and not a movie, is that in reality a detached presidency puts decisions in the hands of everyone else. No harm is done when the issues are trivial, but as the piecemeal nature of the Cabinet appointments has demonstrated, relying so...
No, Mike Durgin won't mind one bit chewing mud and spitting it out this afternoon, because he believes. The rest of the line has managed to make believers out of detached observers, but most fans will be watching and cheering the halfback or the quarterback today when the Crimson...