(Rand's first novel, We The Living, gets far less attention. Were it as well-known as the other two, she wouldn't have quite the callous reputation she does now).
Mohun travelled to Africa via Belgium, the European colonial overlord of the Congo, where he met King Leopold II who, in spite of his callous reputation, impressed Mohun with his apparent ambition to bring peace and western civilization to the Congo.
More ominously, the military command sent units of its dreaded US-trained Kopassus special forces and, as senior military adviser, General Makarim, a US-trained intelligence specialist with "a reputation for callous violence".
This is a loud city all right, but decibels have nothing to do with decency, or the lack of it, and in the 10 years I've been here, I've seen countless acts of spontaneous humanity that belie New York's reputation for callous narcissism.
"No," he responded, as if speaking for every novelist who has ever been accused of callous indifference to the reputations of real people.
Yamauchi's reputation as a callous businessman was forged early on.
Over the years, it has gained a reputation as a callous employer that dismisses workers without warning while top executives take home eight- and sometimes nine-figure pay packages.
In April, a lineup of bankers from Goldman Sachs appeared before Senator Levin's subcommittee on investigations, and managed to appear as arrogant, callous, and evasive as their reputations had suggested.
Focussing relentlessly on Mao's character and motivations, Dikötter confirms the man's reputation as sadistic, cowardly, callous, and vindictive.
That problem is not limited to Spirit, though its bare-bones business model extends to its customer service — Spirit has a reputation for being particularly callous.
However, The Post and Mr. Toles have done a disservice to readers and to The Post's reputation by using such a callous depiction of those who volunteered to defend this nation and, as a result, suffered traumatic and life-altering wounds.
