Word: standoffish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most cases this undergraduate suspicion is well founded. But there is another reason for presidential isolation. Modern four-button, Ide collar undergraduates are more sophisticated than they were in the heyday of the turtlenecked sweater. They are finicky about their friends. They would be standoffish should any president seek to backslap and fraternize. Often they are best left to their self-sufficient devices. "Perhaps," said a jokester, "only fools rush in where Angells fear to tread...
...said to be standoffish, 'pi' and uppish: yea, the ungodly call him 'Holy...
...with its state in the last five years, Europe is now united, if only to an infinitesimal extent. Conscious of this fact, the European nations see themselves collectively regaining the headship of world affairs which has slipped from their grasp; and they feel stronger for coping with the great standoffish creditor across the Atlantic. Since diplomats are notoriously human, they feel pleased and relieved to have gained so much, and can face their promises to pay with something more of a swagger. "When France and Germany have agreed to agree," said Dr. Stresemann, "your American interest rates will fall...