But Phelps' officiousness and willingness to believe the American myth—his own myth—blindsided him.
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I'm ever so happy to return to writing and thinking without the officiousness of editorial tyrants or corporate standards.
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Zama's officiousness is matched by his misanthropy, and he gives less thought to the fates of slaves than to his chattel.
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As for the actual contests: The difference between Japanese and American title bouts is officiousness—a condescending display that betrays the nature of the game.
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It is not exactly fair of Reid to equate Comey's unusual transparency and officiousness about the Clinton investigation with his comparable reticence about Trump-related inquiries.
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There is some vague political theory here — there is a certain officiousness inherent to instant replay that Trump probably also sees in whatever he considers "political correctness" — but antipathy for instant replay crosses ideological boundaries.
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Mr. Fox — whose signature mustache, with its twirled ends, could suggest officiousness or a distinct lack of seriousness — experienced the lot of the hard-working character actor: His face and voice were extremely recognizable, but his name was not.
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The quotes ("Only the notorious corks float to the surface, as for example, the unspeakably dull and subtler Kantorowicz, who has promoted himself from theorist of the state party to a position of Communist officiousness") referred to Alfred Kantorowicz, a Communist writer, not to medievalist Ernst Kantorowicz.
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Anderson had not asked him to do it, and felt a dull resentment of the man's officiousness, and the unctious length of his prayer.
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Clouds were gathering, which were to break in a few years' time. There were grave faults on both sides. The officiousness and tyranny of the mandarins were hard to bear, but on the English rested the more grievous responsibility of resolving to force a trade in opium on the Chinese people. War would come later, and might would be on the side of England, and right on the side of China.
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Chénier might have been overlooked but for the well-meant, indignant officiousness of his father. Marie-Joseph tried, but failed, to prevent his brother's execution. Maximilien Robespierre, who was himself in dangerous straits, remembered Chénier as the author of the venomous verses in the Journal de Paris and had him hauled before the Revolutionary Tribunal, which sentenced him to death. Chénier was one of the last people executed by Robespierre.
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Island Councils were established on major islands, including Rakahanga, with Resident Agents who reported to the Resident Commissioner in Rarotonga. The Rakahanga Resident Agent in 1903 was a teacher at the missionary school. After visiting the atoll in 1904, the Resident Commissioner reported, "On Rakahanga there is evidence of very bad feeling, and many land disputes." He suggested this was due to over-officiousness on the part of the Rakahanga Island Council.
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In general, history has not been kind to Melfort, his influence being seen as largely negative and described by one historian as 'based on flattery, officiousness and subservience' to James' 'exalted conception of prerogative'. Melfort's judgement in art was reputedly more astute than his political sense. He created two important collections; the first included works by Van Dyck, Rubens, Bassano, and Holbein but was left behind in 1688. He built another in Paris, which was open to the public but later sold by Euphemia, who lived to be 90.
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Like many in the Free Soil Party who were concerned about the threat slavery would pose to free white labor and northern businessmen exploiting the newly colonized western territories, Whitman opposed the extension of slavery in the United States and supported the Wilmot Proviso.Reynolds, 117 At first he was opposed to abolitionism, believing the movement did more harm than good. In 1846, he wrote that the abolitionists had, in fact, slowed the advancement of their cause by their "ultraism and officiousness".Loving, 110 His main concern was that their methods disrupted the democratic process, as did the refusal of the Southern states to put the interests of the nation as a whole above their own.
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He appeared in an episode of Straightaway in 1961. He was cast three times on the long-running NBC western series The Virginian. Bissell's most prominent television role came when he played as General Heywood Kirk in 30 episodes in the 1966–1967 season of the science-fiction television series The Time Tunnel. He often played silver-haired figures of authority, here as in many other roles (as described by AllMovie), "instantly establishing his standard screen characterization of fussy officiousness", leavened in many instances with a military bearing. Other examples of such authoritative roles as military or police officials, include appearances in The Caine Mutiny, The Manchurian Candidate, The Outer Limits (1963), Hogan's Heroes (1966), and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966).
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