Word: distrusters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much of what they hear from the President, journalists, politicians and labor leaders. Many on the panel doubt that Nixon has told the truth about Viet Nam or that his Administration is believable when it contends that large contributions to the Republican Party do not influence Government decisions. They distrust labor leaders' statements about the economy and reporters' comments about the news, especially those made on television. They doubt that Governor Wallace really puts the interests of "the little man" ahead of his own self-interest...
...members in the past four years-the biggest of any church in U.S. history. Over a longer time span Sunday school attendance has slid by onefourth, the once-prized foreign missionary force by one-fifth. A recent survey by U.M.C. program planners found that grass-roots Methodists bitterly distrust church officials...
...general atmosphere of distrust between Japan and the U.S. is so great today that even the seemingly unimportant issues can set off new tremors of ill feeling. A case in point is the fate of the tiny Senkaku Islands, which lie between Okinawa and Taiwan...
Politics First. Meany's opposition was inspired more by politics than economics. In the upper ranks of the AFL-CIO, the distrust and dislike of Richard Nixon is so intense that, as one Teamster officer says, it verges on "paranoia." Many months ago, Meany demanded wage-price controls while the President was still voicing an almost theological opposition to them. When the President turned around and embraced controls, Meany held out for a tripartite Pay Board with labor representation-and got it. Meany has not attended a board meeting since November, but he has sent his economist Nat Goldfinger...
Across the vast, hot stretches of flat, brown delta, which awaits the life-giving monsoons in late May, there is a state of unease. Mutual distrust is pervasive. It is no longer sufficient...