Word: distrusts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American University speech arose from a simple but wise impulse. "If we cannot end now our differences," he said, "at least we can help make the world safe for diversity." Kennedy had reason to hate and distrust, having just come through the Cuban missile crisis, in which the Soviets lied, tricked, cheated and bullied. Yet his experience brought forbearance and long nights of thought. There must be a better way, he told Sorensen...
...Vietnamese make little effort to hide their dislike and distrust of the Soviets. Hanoi signed its friendship treaty with Moscow in 1978 primarily because of the promised financial help. Since then the Vietnamese have been resisting Soviet attempts to gain greater influence within the country. The advisers are allowed to move freely throughout the North, but their travel in the South is severely restricted. In Saigon, for example, Soviets working out of the consulate, formerly the U.S. ambassador's residence, need special permission to travel more than seven miles beyond the city limits...
...help when I write the check, the U.N. has been wrong before. And how much sense does it may to emancipate an oppressed people by starving their economy? What's more, divestiture eliminates any leverage Harvard might have within a company. Editorialists and protesters may feel uncomfortable with or distrust power (perhaps not least because they have so little), but shares do mean voting power. The people who make decisions in companies are not only visible, but often have Harvard ties themselves. Not everyone in business is corrupt, just as not everyone in journalism is cynical, and working with corporate...
Besides, in the Reagan Administration, concern over the possible lulling effects of arms control, as expressed in closed-door meetings of policymakers, has been elevated from a cautionary anxiety to an institutionalized obsession. It reflects a basic distaste and distrust for the Soviet Union, all its works, and any dealings with...
...first place, while others believe they have been misled about its seriousness. To regain their trust, the utility has assembled a 32-person public information staff and says it reports even the most minute trace of suspect radiation. Says Communications Manager Doug Bedell: "The legacy of mistrust and distrust is very real and all we can do is slog along and be straightforward." But he has a lot to overcome. One of Pat Smith's anti-nuclear-power buttons reads THEY LIE; the I is in the shape of a cooling tower with a menacing plume escaping from...