| The great criminal and the humorist compel our interest by the narcissistic self-importance with which they manage to keep at arm's length everything which would diminish the importance of their ego. |
| One potential casualty of the new hair test is Vice President George Saitoti, a man whom Mr. Moi seems determined to keep at arm's length. |
| Reporters and photographers in Afghanistan, trained to keep at arm's length from the authorities, have come across documents left behind by fleeing Al Qaeda operatives. |
| These models further undercut the states' aggregate power visàvis markets and international institutions, which they seek to keep at arm's length in any event. |
| Dialogues between experts will produce only more agreed statements, which the churches will also keep at arm's length. |
| We identify the rare, much-too-attractive individuals in our work and social circles whom we need to keep at arm's length. |
