| German standoffishness toward the EU is now based in law: a 2009 ruling by Germany's Constitutional Court allowed it to ratify the Lisbon treaty but limited further transfers of power to Brussels. |
| This may be good in the case of antifeminist Lori but a personal standoffishness prevents her from building relationships with Maggie, Carol, Patricia, or even Beth. |
| The movie's setup instantly lends her built-in distance an extra dimension, of resistance to painful knowledge, as well as empathy, in providing a substantial and conflict-riddled core for her standoffishness. |
| For many years his chief cleric, Alcuin, a Jacques Delors of the day, was a monk from York, who no doubt shook his head at the standoffishness of his compatriots. And how Charlemagne loved the law and laying it down. |
| We have gone from misunderstanding, or almost standoffishness in the early days, to a warming to each other as the end comes closer. |
