Mubarak's attitude to his people was by turns paternalistic, aloof and repressive.
Will it be surprising if America soon, and at least for a time, turns inward and aloof once more?
Of course they were afraid at first, but with constant care, attention and enrichment from a small group of dedicated staff members, they turned from fearful, aloof dogs into just dogs -- dogs that wagged their tails and wiggled in excitement upon seeing me.
As her free-spirited mother, Kristen Wiig adds a believably aloof turn to an increasingly impressive indie repertoire while Alexander Skarsgaard helps to add humanity to a character that could be played as a one-note sleazeball in a different film.
Act very aloof with them and logical.
That in turn makes them seem aloof, or separate from the rest of society, and so the cycle continues.
But its grip on power is weakening as voters turn away from an increasingly aloof political clique dominated by hereditary lawmakers with scant talent to manage Asia's second biggest economy.
The impact of the D.C. dynamic may take a while to infect, at times turning self-styled populists into aloof insiders.
And yet, whatever the nature of his talent, it had tremendous appeal: proud and aloof, he somehow turned his limitations into assets.
Dilma, whom Lula presented to the Brazilian public as a competent administrator, turned out to be an aloof and centralising micro-manager who disdained contact with Congress and interest groups and whose speeches were delivered in dour and charmless technocrat-speak.
Bush 41 turned out to be an aloof, desultory leader whose lack of passion was captured in the second general-election debate in October of 1992 when he was caught by the camera looking bored and checking the time on his wristwatch.
