Word: detachedness
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In many ways South Viet Nam's Thich Tri Quang personifies the saffron politicians. He entered the Buddhist Institute in Hue when he was 13, has traveled little, speaks neither French nor English. Though not without personal charm and even a certain detached charisma, he has the provincial's distrust...
Proper Share. "The Russians managed to weasel their way into that one," said Townes's loyal wife in an interview on WNEW, a Manhattan radio station. "They don't deserve it." But her scientific husband was more scientifically detached. "They are fine scientists," he said. "They have done...
After the kickoff, Quaker end Bill Laurence caught a pass from Chuck Kennedy at the Penn 21. Jerry Mechling's tackle detached Laurence from the ball and Steve Diamond fell on it for Harvard at the 19.
The man seemed detached and imperturbable as he sat at the Security Council's high table, mediating between East and West. He often exasperated the committed men of both sides. But he became a kind of special saint for the uncommitted, the uncertain, the uneasy, who only hoped for...
Amid this confusion, Volpe would stand silent, angry, and detached. Adoring order, he shows little patience with indecision or vacillation. Each morning, no matter what the circumstances, he attends Mass. Nearly every afternoon he stops the campaign caravan to visit a local priest. At four o'clock every day he...