Word: standoffishly
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...uprising. On Wednesday Israeli security officials expressed frustration that he was not responding to their appeals to restore calm. On Thursday afternoon Arafat issued a call to his forces for restraint. But it was half-hearted, and the violence, though lessened, continued into Saturday. Netanyahu, once so resolutely standoffish, phoned Arafat asking for a meeting. But the Palestinian leader gave no firm answer. Says Jirbawi: "He wants to give it back to Netanyahu...
...would pre-empt their own ambitious plans for an "interactive" museum -- and the battle was joined. The family's position infuriates community leaders, who have watched the Park Service renovate many neighborhood homes and take an active role in this low-income area, while they regard the Kings as standoffish outsiders. "We hardly see any of these people," says Mtamanika Youngblood, who heads a local historic-preservation program. "For them to unilaterally decide that the National Park Service cannot stay in this community is not acceptable to us." As for the Kings' proposed museum, city councilwoman Debi Starnes asserts that...
...enjoyed uninterrupted bliss. The betting in dozens of tiny stores around the country is that Wal-Mart will reach its own plateau. Despite the superb management team Walton left in place, his death will inevitably mean that the soul of his corporation will change. Community irritation at secretive and standoffish ways of Wal-Mart managers, the "us" (Wal-Mart) against "them" (downtown merchants) attitude, and the modest involvement in public affairs and charities by store officers are building resentment...
...stable of budding American singers. This summer's season features a Jonathan Miller production of Beethoven's Fidelio, in which Miller does not change the 18th century prison locale to one of those voguish operatic places he calls "nowhere and nowhen," but instead treats the work with standard, even standoffish respect. The surprise is Il Re Pastore, an 18th century trifle about a shepherd king who is prepared to give up the throne for his sweetheart. Director Mark Lamos uses a scene-shifting crew of children in T shirts and sneakers, who playfully push four large letters together, forming AMOR...
...Trade Association, to which Norway belongs, sentiment for joining the Community is accelerating fast. Last year Austria announced its intention to apply, and Sweden followed suit two weeks ago. Finland is seriously pondering the issue, and a pro-E.C. initiative is gaining ground in Switzerland, the most resolutely standoffish country in the EFTA. Although fears still run high in Norway that the country would lose independence and control of its natural resources, concern is mounting that if everyone else joins up, Oslo could be left out in the cold...