Word: distruster
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...Connie Snapp, the "communications director" of the campaign, who had tried to bring her candidate into Michigan and leave the traveling press behind (a maneuver so foolish that the staff man with the candidate disregarded it). What slickness the campaign has tends to undo itself out of distrust for the rest of the world, as in the duplicate tallying of caucus returns in Iowa, a state noted for its clean politics. What makes Robertson a threat is not the medium but, precisely, the message...
Since 1985 the historic treaty of cooperation between London and Dublin has alleviated their mutual distrust over Northern Ireland. Irish and British security forces have worked closely to restrict the operations of the Irish Republican Army. Last week two decisions in Britain jolted that newly forged relationship...
...memo concludes with a pungent reminder -- to Reagan and to history -- that Richard Nixon, while priding himself on his pragmatism and statesmanship, yields to no one in his basic distrust of all Soviets, including Gorbachev. "He is the most affable of all the Soviet leaders I have met, but at the same time without question the most formidable because his goals are the same as theirs and he will be more effective in attempting to achieve them," Nixon wrote. "What we must always bear in mind in dealing with the Soviets is that while lying is an accepted practice...
...attitude toward cities and old buildings seems altogether uncharacteristic of the U.S. -- delightfully un-American, in fact. Americans are supposed to have a deep distrust of cities and a Babbitty, hard-charging faith in the new and improved. Indeed, preservation on today's scale was an unthinkable Luddite fantasy a scant generation...
...have to have a very healthy distrust of everyone you remain in contact with, even your sources. And you never go anywhere to meet anyone by yourself," Turner said...