Word: distrusters
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...mano. López Mateos married her in 1940. Señora López Mateos' grandfather was British, and she is ardently Anglophile and pro-U.S., but her affection for the U.S. never rubbed off on her husband. He compounds the Mexican's moody distrust of the Colossus of the North with an unshakable belief that the U.S. is run by and for a profit-hungry band of bankers. Told once that only 5% of all U.S. citizens could be called truly rich, he replied: "Aha! But what...
...Dawn's Early Light. On the even days, when the Reds do not shell the island (to prove that they can control its destiny at will even if they cannot seize it), supplies pour into the beaches from Formosa. Farmers swarm into the fields. But having learned to distrust the promises of Peking, they pack two days' work into the five morning hours, furiously irri gating, hoeing the weeds, planting winter crops. Some, like wizened Tun Men-tse, venture out before dawn even on the odd days, crouching in the dark to get in a couple of hours...
South Korea. "How can you expect foreign investment when your own businessmen distrust your own currency, and your own banks charge your businessman interest of 4% a month on loans...
...sided. So far the United States has offered no explanation for its insistence on a yearly ban rather than a long-term cessation of testing. Some members of the Administration's higher echelons who have never favored a ban on nuclear testing have added to that feeling their political distrust of any agreement whatsoever with the Russians. It would seem that they have been mildly successful in persuading the Administration to move at a halting pace in the negotiations...
...bottom of this outburst of African against African last week lay a deep-seated envy and distrust. All through France's West African territories the best positions in government, business and industry are held by industrious citizens from Togoland and Dahomey. Nearly 100% of the Ivory Coast fisheries are in their hands. As more and more Frenchmen leave technical and administrative jobs, Dahomeyans and Togolanders win the competitions to replace them. Explained a French businessman: "The truth is that the people from Dahomey and Togoland are more intelligent, better trained and educated, more disciplined and harder working than...