Direct pressure from Japan's largely apolitical citizens has never been a major factor in decision-making here.

However, these fears were not borne out as successive Presidents played a limited, largely apolitical role in national affairs.

For most of the next decade, contemporary art became largely apolitical.

Mr. Kukes is considered a competent and largely apolitical career oil executive.

His initial fervour soon faded and by the time he began his National service in 1945, Bean was largely apolitical.

In spite of this alliance, the movement was largely apolitical until the Harlem Riot of 1935.

Schmeling was actually a largely apolitical man who found himself caught up in the much larger forces of history.

The nice thing about the students movement is that it has been largely Apolitical.

He is, according to people who know him, by nature private, individualistic, contemplative and largely apolitical.

Senior Administration aides denied playing politics with a process that had remained largely apolitical through three earlier rounds of base closings.