Yet critics and even some supporters say that after a charmed first two years in office, Mr. Fenty grew aloof, canceling appearances, minimizing personal contact with residents and failing to adequately explain controversial new policies, including Ms. Rhee's overhaul of the school system.
In contrast, voter turnout in the election in January was near zero.[?BY KIRK SEMPLE, PAGE A26 KURDS ARE STAYING ALOOF By all appearances in a village near Kirkuk, the national elections might as well have been about Kurdistan and Kurdish dreams. Iraq, or the idea of Iraq, seemed as distant as the moon. BY EDWARD WONG, PAGE A26.
They may appear aloof and uninvolved.
Maybe he thought he could use his appearance as an aloof nerd to make the case that he "accidentally" smuggled drugs.
The French President has always been an aloof figure, making few public appearances, embodying some of the mystery and authority of the state, but emerging into the spotlight on certain occasions.
And in public appearances, they maintained an aloof solemnity and spoke in opaque terms that often left Mexicans puzzling over what the new ruler was thinking.
After a miscue several weeks go, when "Cat's in the Cradle," about a son who grows up to be like his aloof father, played at several campaign appearances, all the lyrics were carefully vetted this time around.
So Mr. Obama, and the new-media handlers he hired, kept aloof from cameras, and tightly scripted his appearances.
While Krzyzewski can seem arrogant and Huggins aloof, Izzo's sixth Final Four appearance in the past 12 years will be another celebration of his everyman nature.
In poorer application, this pattern comes off aloof, disconnected and presents a looking down the nose condescending appearance.
