Word: distrust
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...handsome, but revolution, war, power and, above all, will had abraded it into somber strength. The hair, which had been purplish black like most Georgians', and grew far forward on the low forehead, had turned grey. The eyes, which had once peered out from velvety depths of unfathomable distrust ("Lenin trusts Stalin," old Bolsheviks used to say, "and Stalin trusts nobody"), had acquired an expression almost of authoritative benevolence...
...adoption of peacetime conscription would be a revolutionary change in fundamental American policies; to effect such a change ... under the emotional pressures of war ... is unwise. It is alleged in some quarters that unless Congress acts ... now ... compulsory military training will never be adopted. This rests on a distrust of the capacity of the American people which we do not share. It is to imply that the American people cannot arrive at a wise decision on a great issue through the democratic processes after a cool and deliberate debate...
...Differences of opinion among educators as to whether the selection should be made by a state or federal agency," said President Conant, "were in part responsible for the elimination of the selective feature. But fundamentally, the bill as finally enacted reflected the American public's distrust of differentiation of educational opportunity in terms of talent or ability...
...Army training if they are convinced that it is necessary; 2) they are still far from convinced.† Their cautious arguments for delay: 1) it is too soon to say what our military needs will be; 2) alternate plans have not been sufficiently discussed; 3) present action would imply distrust of the plans for peace...
...helped put the Senate on record for international cooperation-revived their demands for a precise definition of foreign policy. Their worthy object: to tell the world in advance just what sort of postwar treaties the new senate will or will not approve, thus removing one cause of intra-Allied distrust. New York's Liberal Party, whose 329,235 Term IV votes made possible a 316,591 Roosevelt majority in the State of New York, sent a strong protest to the President on the general course of the nation's diplomatic drifting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which boomed...