Word: distrusts
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...think people are very nervous about whether it’s actually going to come to be,” says Riverside resident Phyllis Baumann of the agreement in her neighborhood. “There’s enough distrust out there and there’s enough history out there that members of the community won’t believe it until they...
...attacks to Iraq’s missing weapons of mass destruction. But by refusing to accept the slightest blame, or answer the most straightforward questions about his actions, Bush continues to undermine progress abroad. The Iraqi people, the international community and increasing numbers of American citizens are learning to distrust and dismiss statements from this White House, and in the global war on terror, such lack of credibility and worldwide cooperation will be disastrous...
...full security and accounting procedures had only been implemented for 22 percent of this material, while an additional 43 percent had received some initial security upgrades—a process currently stalled, according to the authors, by distrust and conflicts over access to nuclear sites to verify disarmament...
...Japan's national pension scheme is not equipped to address these challenges. Beyond the fact that too few workers will soon have to support too many retirees, the system is hampered by complexities that promote confusion, distrust and noncompliance. Rather than have one unified scheme, for example, Japan has three, categorized by employment status. Salaried employees and public servants are enrolled automatically, but the self-employed have to fill out forms in order to join. And those designated as "self-employed" include a grab bag of illogical participants, including some housewives, students and, oddest of all, Diet members. Although paying...
...center in Iraq last Tuesday--a day before the fallen dictator's 67th birthday--says it can't help. "Attorneys need to ask the Americans themselves," says Antonella Notari, a Red Cross spokeswoman in Geneva. Neither Rashdan nor Verges has been able to do so. Both have said they distrust Saddam's captors. Another thing the rivals have in common: both hope to focus their defense on U.S. actions in Iraq rather than on the veracity of the charges. "Our strategy is that there was an illegal war against Iraq," says Rashdan. "Everything that happened after that was illegal. They...