Word: standoffishness
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Coleman: [Ike] had this reputation of being hands-off, that he wasn't interested in getting his hands dirty into policy, the standoffish meetings. And then once the papers come out in the '80s, you start to realize, Hang on--this guy knew what was going...
...into brilliance.The first chapter, entitled “Vanishing Acts,” deals in disappearances under some form or another. Odd and mysterious women spiral towards their disappearance with inevitable momentum as a whimsical voice looks back onto the summers of his adolescence. Clara Schuler, a shy and standoffish teenage girl, gains short-lived popularity in the eponymous “Dangerous Laughter.” She is gifted at hysterical laughter, a talent appreciated by her bored and entertainment-seeking classmates. In an attempt to retain this fading popularity, she laughs herself to death in front...
...Olmert is acting standoffish, declaring that he would never invite Lieberman - or anyone else who isn't willing to withdraw from large parts of the West Bank - to join his future coalition. Olmert's plans for dealing with the Palestinians, which he inherited from Sharon, center on withdrawing many, though not all, Jewish settlements from the West Bank within four years, while maintaining military outposts near the Jordanian border and the West Bank separation barrier built in recent years to prevent suicide bombers from entering the country...
...into the fifth-floor cafeteria in Parliament's Centre Block and ordered a cheeseburger, a Coke and a Caesar salad. He loaded the food onto his tray and, as he does most lunchtimes, headed back to his office. As ever, Harper projected the image of a cerebral, shy, slightly standoffish man, a politician who has never seemed quite at home in boisterous Ottawa. Yet there was one thing changed in his routine: next to Harper stood two bulky plainclothes bodyguards. You get them when...
...sudden, the guy completely cooled off and started acting really weird and standoffish,” recalls Aguero. “After I finished my hot chocolate, we said ‘bye,’ shook hands, and that was that. He removed me from his Facebook friend list a week later. I never heard from him again...