Word: distrusters
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...liberals' point, of course. If you overtly distrust the system, in some sort of superstitious way you are inviting it not to work. What was galling was the suspicion that they would forgive all sorts of antisocial behavior-shoplifting, say, flagrant adultery, embezzlement and, of course, mugging-provided some acceptable frailty of the psyche or pocketbook could be dredged up to excuse it. Even the faintest suggestion that an individual might be justified or obliged to use violence in defending himself touched some deep root of outrage in his neighbors and his wife...
...points in a quarter-century.* From the President's anger over the siege of Beirut last summer to Begin's curt rejection of Reagan's peace plan to the stalemate over the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, everything has seemed to conspire to heighten tensions and deepen distrust. Perhaps the simplest and most basic example: the more President Reagan expressed his disapproval of new settlements in the West Bank, the faster the Israelis built them. Says a senior Administration official: "There is questioning on high as to whether we and the Israelis really do share fundamental goals...
...moderating its earlier racial and social postures, the Society has played up its dreaded fear of a powerful centralized government. "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely," McManus dictates. Because of its basic distrust of government and the people who compose it, the group maintains that government-sponsored activity should be curtailed as much as possible...
...disdain for the Cowboys, has smoked seven cigars in a single Dallas game and does not remember exhaling. Speaking as a Texan (Spur, Texas; pop. 1,690) living in Washington, Writer Aaron Latham describes the ill feelings he harbors toward the Redskins: "It's a gut reaction. I distrust and dislike Government, and that's what the city is all about...
Nathan's premise is that "a plausible case is being developed that CIA officials may have also done in Australia what they managed to achieve in Iran, Guatemala and Chile: destroy an elected government." Nathan recounts the rise of Whitlam, from his 1972 victory to the distrust that quickly developed between Washington and Canberra. Whitlam gave the U.S. State Department good reason to be nervous: his government recognized North Viet Nam and North Korea, removed a ban on the sale of strategic materials to the Soviet Union, and sent its Deputy Prime Minister on a tour of North Viet...