Word: distrusts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...country that champions the concept of democracy is so skeptical of its own government. Rhetoric claims that Americans want a government of the people and by the people, but most Americans deeply dislike being governed by other people. In fact, as your article points out, more and more Americans distrust the people they sent to Washington, and they have decided to take matters, from education to sanitation, into their own hands. Self-reliance is a good concept; however, it does little to build a nation. Is there an America, a nation, a community with shared visions and aspirations...
...Gingrich thinks the new attitude is a function of resurgent idealism, rather than profound discontent, then he hasn't spent enough time with voters like Thomlin. What motivates them is a deep distrust, not only of authority figures but also of the national picture of peace and prosperity. In a Time/CNN poll conducted in early January, 53% agreed that the country is in ``deep and serious trouble,'' compared with 40% a decade ago. By most obvious and traditional measures, America is doing well. Unemployment is the lowest in five years, the economy is growing, and crime has eased somewhat...
...Distrust of all levels of government is behind the national move toward privatization of public services. The pacesetter may be Indianapolis, Indiana, Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, who refers to taxpayers as customers and boasts that all public employees can break through the bureaucracy by sending him E-mail. (He scrolls through about 400 messages a day.) Since taking office in 1992, Goldsmith, 48, claims to have saved $115 million by privatizing more than 50 city services, from golf-course maintenance to window washing...
...distrust of authority cuts across almost all aspects of American life, including the spiritual realm. Whereas religious leaders are enjoying a modest comeback in credibility, according to the Yankelovich Monitor, Americans want to keep their own counsel. ``We're finding that people are uncertain about things, but they've got their own moral tool kits,'' says Alan Wolfe, chairman of the sociology department at Boston University. ``So you can say authority has broken down, but you can also say that people have a great opportunity to make up their own understanding of the world. A lot of people are very...
...letter asking him to find ways to hold down civilian casualties in Chechnya. But there is no inclination to denounce Yeltsin and withdraw U.S. support. The Administration believes that would only push him further into the arms of the Kremlin's hard- line generals and security men, who distrust the West anyway...