Word: distruster
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...suffered in Shanghai, and it was so extensive that it virtually pauperized many thousands of people in China and some in the United States. It marks the end of careless, unsupervised and unscrupulous American business methods in China. . . . For this failure created such financial havoc that the suspicion and distrust of American business that it engendered is great...
During the turbulent days following the abdication of the dictator Machado, Cuba was gripped in the throes of fear. A quick succession of presidents, including Grau San. Martin, de Cespedes and finally Mendieta made for suspicion and distrust. The efforts of Dr. BcBain of Columbia resulted in a new electoral system, and the government of the United States was largely instrumental in advising the Cuban government during the remodelling of its constitution. With these vital changes came a feeling of trust and good-will and through the reciprocal tariff agreement Cuba was largely restored to that prosperity which was hers...
Neither NRA, AAA, devaluation of dollar nor Government spending are so dear to Franklin Roosevelt's heart as the Public Utility Act. To him distrust of holding companies is on a par with love of trees. Not an official word did he utter when he heard the news from Baltimore, but in the first week of the critical 52 he saw that an unpleasant choice would soon be forced upon him: to suppress his personal feelings for the Public Utility Act while legal taunts and political insults are heaped upon it, or to carry the fight against holding companies...
have become vindictive and unscrupulous in sowing the seeds of distrust and false accusations against our national leaders...
...short stories. Since then he has written two novels, a parody of Sherwood Anderson, a book on bullfighting, two more volumes of short stones. In all these he revealed his distaste for literary affectations, his admiration for simple human courage and physical accomplishment, his preference for warm countries, his distrust of people who use big words and indulge in easy generalities. But he has never formulated a statement of the philosophy that has guided him in his writing. Consequently, Green Hills of Africa, which contains such a statement, marks a new stage in Hemingway's development, throws more direct...