Sentences with phrase «aloofness after»

There is a question - mark over whether Lib Dem ministers continued their laudable aloofness after entering power.

Of course all this is incidental in respect of the larger matter that no British Christian leader really understands the aloofness of the United States in an hour when the world is staggering under an almost unbearable burden, and when the matter is put in this fashion the memory that Britain adopted just such an attitude of aloofness after the Napoleonic wars does not really constitute a defense of our position.

Not exact matches

One columnist, suggesting that Harper was motivated by a desire to avoid the mistakes of the Windsors after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, wrote that Harper «pre-empted condemnation of his aloofness... by ordering a state funeral in order to satisfy the teddy - bear grief of a nation».

He belongs to the hardboiled, get - the - job - done leading men of action films past, but even in this time of increasingly progressive heroes remains incredibly popular for his steely, charisma - not - necessary aloofness - so popular in fact that the franchise was resurrected after Jeremy Renner nadir The Bourne Legacy for a fifth film some 14 years after the original just to bring the real Bourne back.

His gentle wit would charm generations after his death, obscuring the pronounced aloofness of his family and personal relationships.