Word: detachedness
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"He could have taken us there himself," Rhoades continues. But Mackey knew some of the Prineville Hotshots were still stranded and in danger. "I think he could have honorably come with us and called them on the radio and told them to get the hell out of there. But I...
It is not, however, that Mr. Kondoleon's humor becomes wholly ironic. The comedy moves alongside the tragedy, and the tenuous relation of the two generally manages to avoid seeming bitter or sarcastic. One does not necessarily override the other Death is not funny, maybe, but Hector certainly is. And...
The Finance Committee is the smallest and in many ways most select committee of the Undergraduate Council. Only one representative from each house and Yard region sits on the committee. Its deliberations have been described as secretive, regimented, and detached from the students it is meant to serve.
It is never totally disagreeable to spend time in the company of such attractive people. And every once in a while Robert Culp appears as an addled, detached President of the United States, provoking wicked, recognizing laughter. Within living memory, the Oval Office has sheltered such a figure.
Seven of the quilt's 25,000 detached panels arecurrently on display at the Fogg Art Museum. Theexhibit marks the first time Harvard has publiclyhosted the quilt.