Her stand-offish attitude does not however put off Frankie, played by Craig Ferguson - a recently divorced Sinatra fan.

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Novell's somewhat stand-offish attitude to the Internet has done it no favours with the current generation of Internet-centric customers.

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Prince Hassan, more intellectual and in many ways more gifted than his brother, is stand-offish and does not inspire nearly as much public affection.

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His reputation among the scribbling classes suffered from his surly moods and stand-offish behavior long before the specter of steroids arrived to haunt the game.

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Novartis, the world's sixth-largest drug company, is not so stand-offish.

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In both spheres, the British were initially stand-offish.

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That is not untypical of Iran's stand-offish conservatives.

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For all their bright saris and painted faces, these paragons remain appropriately stand-offish, knowing full well that if they adopt a more genial demeanor or even, God forbid, smile, there might be unspeakable scenes of male forwardness.

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His answer is a bit stand-offish.

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