Word: mistrust
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...most controversial portion of his article, Huntington—citing observations of Texas entrepreneur Lionel Sosa—highlights what he says are debilitating traits prevalent among Hispanic immigrants: “mistrust of people outside the family, lack of initiative, self-reliance, and ambition; little use of education; and acceptance of poverty as a virtue necessary for entrance into heaven...
...deal with Milosevic's cronies," said a disgusted Ljubica Zivkovic, 55, a grocery store owner from Belgrade. "I thought I'd never see their faces again." Kostunica's alliance with the SPS will also increase suspicion in the West, on which Serbia depends for aid. Kostunica's mistrust of the Hague tribunal, which he sees as an American political tool, has already caused concern, and his new political friends are only likely to increase Western worries. The European Union has already voiced its discontent. "We in the E.U. have said very clearly [that] we want ... the democratic parties of Serbia...
...suffering a severe bout of self-doubt. Mired in the country's latest corruption scandals, the political maverick astonished the nation during a televised press conference last Friday by calling for a public vote of confidence. "I am trying to seek the people's renewed support over the accumulated mistrust because I want to manage state affairs with moral confidence," Roh said...
...turns out, the feeling is mutual. According to one recent U.S. survey, a whopping 96 percent of consumers say they do not trust their HMO, 93 percent do not trust their health insurer and 88 percent do not trust their telecom provider. Which industry has the lowest mistrust rating? Only 60 percent say they mistrust their supermarket...
...along the 600-mile route. Insurgents Saturday blew a hole in Baghdad's key water pipeline, leaving residents without drinking water for days. While such attacks might seem counterintuitive for an insurgency seeking popular support, there may nonetheless be a political rationale behind each: Given the high level of mistrust toward the occupying authority in Baghdad, it's a safe bet that many in the capital would blame the Americans for the absence of drinking water, no matter who was really responsible. And cutting off Iraq's oil exports leaves a massive deficit in the budget of Paul Bremer...