Word: standoffish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prestige. This becomes evident in a reading of Ronald Steel's fine new biography, Walter Lippmann and the American Century. A columnist today couldn't carry on in the way Lippmann did, participating in all sorts of political maneuvers and policy decisions. The times demand more standoffish behavior from a columnist if he is to be trusted as an observer identified with the public's side...