Word: distrusters
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Having never spent an Easter weekend in America, I asked some friends of mine whether Good Friday and Easter Monday are national holidays like President’s Day. They looked at me in shock and then smirked as they politely informed me—knowing about my distrust of most things religious—that I was now living in a “real secular country” where religion plays no part in the state. This is one of America’s more admirable qualities, yet seems to be not quite the whole truth...
With the exception of Bulgaria, which has strong historic ties to Russia, East bloc attitudes toward the Soviet Union range from distrust to outright loathing, an attitude that stands in sharp contrast to a hunger among East Europeans for most things Western. Through much of the East bloc, youngsters wear blue jeans and dance to Western rock; purple-haired punks are seen in the streets of Warsaw and Budapest. More important, East European governments have turned to the West for the credits and technology that Moscow cannot provide, giving East Europeans a vested interest in the revival of dtente...
...They discussed Iraq of course, America and power, European distrust, Islam—its suffering and self-pity, Israel and Palestine, dictators, democracy—and then the boys’ stuff: weapons of mass destruction, nuclear fuel rods, satellite photography, lasers, nanotechnology. At the kitchen table, this is the early-twenty-first-century menu, the specials...
...find that a lot of students are just staying away. Perhaps because they have been led to distrust the value of humanities, black students are taking fewer theoretical courses, while many are living within their own separate worlds on campus. But the main problem is in the new mentality. It's harder and harder to get students interested. They would rather talk about "rights" than reflect on the purpose of life itself. Students would rather just be angry. This is not an attitude with which one can have a serious discussion. This is a new kind of thought control...
...their opponents. "It is an indication that GAM doesn't care about Helsinki or rebuilding," claims Major Sandy, who commands a detachment of Indonesian marines in the area. "They just want to attack." Despite the tsunami, real peace won't be possible until the two sides overcome this visceral distrust...