Word: distantly
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...assumption that he will leave office before the next election, handing the job to his longtime deputy, Gordon Brown, the popular Chancellor of the Exchequer. It also leaves a mystery: Blair's odd combination of success and unpopularity. Even before Iraq, the Prime Minister was seen as a cool, distant, slightly dodgy figure. That was due in part to Blair's personality-he is awkward at empathy, his nervous smile six teeth too many-but it is also a consequence of his creed. Blair, like Clinton, is an exemplar of the Third Way, which is not exactly a fighting faith...
Ongoing through June. “Painted by a Distant Hand: Mimbers Pottery of the American Southwest.” The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; students and seniors $6. Free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon...
...Four Screams,” proclaiming: “You’ve never heard this before.” This ended up being one of the group’s only real interactions with the crowd. It wasn’t so much that they seemed cold or distant, which happens so often, as that songs began one after the other, and it was only after the first few that Oldham acknowledged the stalwart fans before...
Princeton came into the race with a No. 1 ranking, though the Tigers had not defeated Harvard in a dual race since 2001. They caught no breaks on Saturday, either, as the No. 4 Crimson buried Princeton by two boat lengths. MIT came in a distant third...
Harvard finished in 5:48.2—the team’s fastest time at Princeton since 1995—and Princeton crossed the line with a time of 5:54.6. Over a boat-length of open water separated the two crews. MIT finished a very distant third...