Word: standoffish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Needless to say it would give China great "face" were its doctrine accepted by all five nuclear powers. Such a development would also offer the best prospect for getting China to abandon its present standoffish attitude towards negotiations among the nuclear powers...
Despite his language gap, Rabb is regarded by other Western diplomats in Rome as energetic and highly visible, if somewhat unversed in Italian politics and culture. Toon, however, may have a point about the standoffish Gavin, who keeps a low profile and is known for his hot tem per in dealing with staff and press. Refer ring to his country's best-known comedian, one Mexican official suggested...
...start of the Irish legend, Cool Joe the Comeback Kid, is also the start of the misunderstanding. He has been taken to be cold, indifferent, standoffish. "I am affected by things, but I don't show it." He is unflappable. I'm emotional, but nobody knows it." Off the field, he is undemonstrative. "At Notre Dame I was awed by the place in general and lonely at being away from home for the first time. Plus, all of a sudden, there were eleven other quarterbacks. I was feeling all the things people say I don't feel...
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...Gretchen Nelson's yearbook and journalism class, students at first were standoffish about Clara Schmidt, 70, a retired journalism teacher. But now they rely on her advice. Says Schmidt, whose arthritis forced her to give up teaching at age 62: "Working with them I forget all my aches and pains." Adds Teacher Nelson: "She is picky, and I like that. I've heard her ask the kids to do things over that I might have let go. They respect her." Mabel Karelse, 79, has been going blind for three years, and students help her select meals...